Why is federalism considered so important? Explain how federalism decentralizes politics and policies.?

Answer 1

Federalism allows the smaller government to administer their own territories and raise revenues to finance their operations. There is no control from the national government on matters that they want to make.

Answer 2

Unless the definition of federalism has changed, you've got it backwards. The federalists believed in a strong centralized government. So my explanation is that federalism does not decentralize politics and policies, it centralizes them, forcing everyone in a country made up of different beliefs and demographics to conform to one set of norms and values. Thus causing much of the political name calling and general unrest that is so prevalent in the US today.

Answer 3

Political federalism is a political philosophy in which a group of members are bound together with a governing representative head. The term federalism is also used to describe a system of the government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between a central governing authority and constituent political units (like states or provinces). Federalism is the system in which the power to govern is shared between the national & state governments, creating what is often called a federation.