Question

required information reading quiz reading assignment: evolution of intergovernmental relations in the u.s. federal system read the evolution of intergovernmental relations in the u.s. federal system section and then answer the following questions. the current intergovernmental relations of the federal system can be described as partisan federalism because the multiple choice preference for state or national government action depends on who controls policy - making at the federal or state level national government usually prevails over the state governments state governments have too much power to exercise their own policy preferences national and state governments usually acted independently of each other

Explanation:

Partisan federalism in the U.S. federal - system implies that the preference for state or national government action is influenced by which party controls policy - making at the federal or state level. Other options do not accurately define partisan federalism. The national government prevailing over state governments is not the essence of partisan federalism. State governments having too much power to exercise policy preferences does not define it, nor does the independent action of national and state governments.

Answer:

preference for state or national government action depends on who controls policy - making at the federal or state level