POLI 2F30 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Paradiplomacy, Autonomous Administrative Division
27 Dec 2015
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Federalism around the world: federalism around the world, 28 states, 40% of global population, some formerly unitary states have become federal (belgium, ethiopia, Spain) i: often adopted in post-conflict situations: iraq, bosnia-herzegovina. Eu and uae have: kinds of territorial regime confederal elements, why federalism, former colonial territories get together to form a state. Pool sovereignty for advantages but retain autonomy (australia, canada: former authoritarian state embrace federalism to give distinct regions autonomy (spain, spain has asymmetrical federalism = no distinction in where they live and their government. To recognize which language to use: washington dc has no rep in congress. United states is like australia because the district where the capital located is not a region. Us government intervention in smaller state: federalism, democracy has made federal governance much more real and important in latin america. Ideal for large states with large and diverse population a: all democracies bigger than 100 million people are federal except.
