Dual Federalism Vs Cooperative Government

Philosophy of Federalism Federalism was created to divide power, many believed that if one person or one group obtain power it would lead to tyranny. With such said, federalism divided government into two branches, between national government and state government. There are two theories of federalism; dual federalism and cooperative federalism. Dual federalism is a coequal sovereign between the national and state governments. Hierarchical federalism believes national government is supreme. Cooperative federalism is an influence between state and national government. The constitution was what defined the government's power. Dual federalism also known as divided sovereignty, was an agreement which divided the power between federal and state governments which referred to whichever decision the state government would exercise there wouldn’t be any interference from the part of the federal government. Dual federalism was used in the 1789 all the way to World War II. Dual federalism lasted until 1937 when Franklin Roosevelt was in the white house. The great Depression elevated commerce and created an overlap within the powers of the federal and state government. To regulate the economy, the federal government passed national policies also known as the commerce clause. In addition this led to both governments working together which cause the end of

The concept cooperative federalism carried that state and local governments cooperated into solving common problems instead of creating separate policies similar to dual federalism. The nation's needs were in the hands of both governments and miscommunication could not be tolerated. Since the economic situation in the United States was awful, the nation decided to end cooperative federalism, and moved to a different form of federalism, since they needed a government in which they could truly trust and had the ability to fix the economic