Week 1 - Conflicts in State and Federal Government
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Week 1: Conflicts in State and Federal Government
Federalism often creates confusion over which lever of government has the responsibility of handling crises. Discuss the issues associated with federalism and what local, state, and federal policy makers need to consider when developing emergency response policies?
Post 1:
Professor and Class.
The federalism form of government has caused the United States to offer each level
of the government specific powers of their own. The Constitution has allowed the federal government to have particular powers while the state acquires and takes control over the others. Recently there has been complications encountered with federalism especially on matters pertaining the homeland security as well as the issue of emergency preparedness. The whole task of emergency preparedness is a responsibility that has been carried out by the federal government. After an analysis
was carried out based on some happenings like Hurricane Katrina, it was clearly indicated that the federal government was not prepared effectively to cope up with emergencies as they occur unexpectedly. The intensity of disasters like terrorism should be the leading facet on how strong and effective the preparedness should be. There has been a heavy burden of this issue on the local government. Other authorities involved in the same do not have adequate resources to deal with these emergencies.
Emergency preparedness will require total cooperation from all the responsible bodies of the government it is to be effectively curbed. Recently the government has tried to improve on this by providing resources and grants to both the state and
the local governments. However, this has brought about other issues of using outdated plans of coping with an emergency.
Reference:
Dye, T.R. (2010). Understanding public policy (13th ed.). Longman: Pearson Prentice
Hall. ISBN-13: 9780205238828. Retrieved from:
https://www.pearson.com/us/higher-
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Nukpezah, J. A. (2017). The Financial and Public Health Emergencies in Flint, Michigan: Crisis Management and the American Federalism.
Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy
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Post 2:
Your right Nicole,
Why do we have to wait for things to go bad to have the issue fixed? Another bothering issue is the time by the taken to fund local governments (Nukpezah, 2017). The process and the duration taken is enough reason as to why emergency preparedness is weak. All the policymakers including those at the state and local levels should pay utmost attention to fulfilling obligations. This is in addition to remaining focused and prepared all the time without giving any assumptions. New ideas and strategies should be generated often, to ensure that the preparedness mechanism is advanced just as so much has advanced. Enough funding should be observed by the government over these matters and more so, areas that are prone to emergencies should be given first priority.
Reference:
Nukpezah, J. A. (2017). The Financial and Public Health Emergencies in Flint, Michigan: Crisis Management and the American Federalism.
Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy
.
Post 3:
Hello Rebeca,
I agree with your notion on federalism’s confusion lever of government has the responsibility of handling crises. However, federalism in the United States allocates jurisdiction to either federal, state, or local government. Certain policy areas are the classified responsibility of the federal kind, such as defense, duties, and excise at the federal level, while communal responsibility exists for others. Over
time, U.S. history has experienced a change of power toward the federal government after the American Civil War and decentralization of power reverting to the states since the Reagan administration. After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, it is evident in the name of national security, the trend has reverted again with increasing federal mandates. Disaster researchers following the power relationship between federal, state, and local government note:
“In U.S. emergency management, shared authority is not supposed to be a
top-down command and control system. The Department of Homeland Security’s FEMA cannot, and the previously independent FEMA before it could not, actually “command” state and local officials. However, many presidential and DHS initiatives in this homeland security era have reintroduced command and control strategies under which federal officials
get to assume top-down leadership positions, and state and local authorities are expected to submit”
(Subbio & Trainor, pg.15).
Reference:
Subbio, T., Trainor, J.E. (2019, June 27). CRITICAL ISSUES IN DISASTER SCIENCE AND
MANAGEMENT: A Dialogue Between Researchers and Practitioners. Retrieved from
http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/13418
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