POLS 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: American Civil War, Lower Canada, United Arab States
15 Apr 2016
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Many states evolved by centralizing power in central government: centralizaion: concentraion of power in a single body, usually the principal government. Lack of desire to share power resulted in the creaion of unitary states. Centralising power had 2 goals: defeat and suppress rivals, strengthen state vis- -vis neighbours. Almost all systems have some power sharing. Consolidaion only possible for some states through power sharing and decentralizaion: decentralizaion: power and authority is taken from the central government and conferred to non-central (state, regional or provincial) governments. Decentralizaion of power led to the creaion of federal states. Confederalism: regional or consituent governments give limited powers to central government. Central government relies on regional governments for authority and legiimacy. European union: sovereign eniies have agreed to surrender certain elements of power to. Brussels: economic and poliical union of 27 european states. Unitary: concentraion of poliical authority and powers within one central government which is solely responsible for both domesic and foreign aciviies.
