Federalism – Dividing Power between States and the United States

Read Chapter 3 textbook and review the links below:

Explaining Federalism: https://billmoyers.com/story/federalism-explained/

Explaining Unitary: https://vittana.org/12-unitary-system-pros-and-cons

Explaining Unitary: https://apecsec.org/pros-and-cons-of-unitary-government/

Explaining Confederate: https://vittana.org/11-pros-and-cons-of-articles-of-confederation

Explaining all 3: http://fhsboyd.weebly.com/uploads/5/5/6/2/5562296

/__s1i_pdf_advantages_and_disadvantages_of_federal_confederate_and_unitary_systems_of.pdf Explaining all 3: https://guides.skylinecollege.edu/c.php?g=279117

Academics Believe Unitary is Superior (specifically for non-large countries): http://www.bu.edu/sthacker/files/2012/01

/Are-Federal-Systems-Better-than-Unitary-Systems.pdf Interesting Mix

Decentralized Unitary states (Netherlands) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01402388708424654?journalCode=fwep20

Essay Question:

Review the links above and analyze the pros and cons of federalism, unitary and confederal systems.

Discuss all three systems of power organization.

In the end, explain to me whether you believe that we should keep our federal system or whether we should abandon it in favchoor of a different one.