INTL 3300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Bicameralism, Special Administrative Regions Of China, De Jure
24 Feb 2017
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Intl 3300 - lecture 7: constitutions and constitutional design. Constitution: fundamental and supreme laws, usually written in a charter, that establishes the basis of a political system and the basis for other laws. Constitutional design: consists of separation of powers, responsibilities between levels of government, and responsibilities between branches of government. Division of power: separation of powers between central government and subnational/ different levels of government: federalism/decentralization: usually have large territories and populations; are ethnically, linguistically, and culturally diverse, unitarianism/centralization. Federalism: how is the power of the non-center given: de jure federalism vs. de facto federalism. De facto: assumed federalism: centralization vs. decentralization: centralization unitarianism; decentralization federalism, territorial federalism vs. sociological federalism. Territorial: autonomy based on territory; ex. in u. s. - states. Sociological: autonomy based on groups of people; ex. religious groups in china: central government"s share of a country"s total tax receipts. 5 autonomous administrative regions: guangzi, inner mongolia, ninxia, tibet, xinjiang: have their own political systems and leaders.
