POLS 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Scottish National Party, Unitary State, Lower Canada

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1150
• Professor: Kate Puddister

Document Summary

Lack of desire to share power resulted in the creation of unitary states. Example: european union: sovereign entities have agreed to surrender certain elements of power to. Brussels, they have taken the same currency (euros), and if all countries had left, the eu would no longer exist: government is represented by a spectrum which would span from unitary (centralization) to federal. Unitary systems: unitary: concentration of political authority and powers within one central government which is solely responsible for both domestic and foreign activities. Strong central government; other levels may exist, but are under the jurisdiction of the central government: most common government system, centralize to overcome opposition; increase efficiency and effectiveness. Simple and harmonized governance: central gouvernement does not carry out every task related to government, delegation: transfer of certain power from the national government to the subnational government for a limited time period.