The authors stress the theme that in recent decades politics in the So

The authors stress the theme that in recent decades politics in the South and the West has been an unrelenting attack on the notion that the federal government should play a central role in the life of the nation.

Do you agree or disagree with this notion? Explain why

ANSWER
This is one of the “big” questions in the life of our nation, and is currently under reinvestigation. Students’ answers may be related to the region of the country where they reside (as the text suggests) or to other variables.