New federalism was generally characterized by

granting state and local governments greater control of nationally funded programs.

Explanation:

New federalism refers to a political strategy to transfer some of the powers that previously belonged to the federal government and give it to the hand of the state.

When this strategy is adopted, state and local governments tend to have more flexibility in making decisions for their programs. On benefit of this strategy is that it will help the local government to solve problems on their neighborhood much faster.

panem is a communist totalitarian dictatorship where all the resources and how they are allocated belongs to the capitol. the districts exist only to provide goods and services for the capital and most of the citizens live in poverty. it is a police state where the "peacekeepers" use force and threats to keep the people under control. dissent is outlawed and those who disobey the law are executed, flogged, or turned into avoxes. the games are another means in which the ruling elite in the capitol exert their power over the districts. when reading the books i drew parallels between panem and the soviet union and north korea. in no way is panem capitalist. the people in the capitol are wealthy but the majority of them are involved in the government somehow. it was the same way in the former soviet union where bigwigs in the communist party and high ranking government officials were given access to goods, services, medical treatments not available to the general public. if you think panem has a capitalist economy you need to brush up on your economics.