POL316Y1 Lecture Notes - Decision-Making, Conflict Management, Kyoto Protocol
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S. 1 definitions, historical and current themes in the study of canadian. Introduction: some preliminary questions: definition of concepts (watts, 3rd ed. , 2008) Powers assigned to a national government and regional government. The advocacy of multi-tiered government combining elements of shared-rule and regional self-rule. It is not as descriptive but as normative. It is based on the presumed value and validity of combining unity and diversity, i. e. , of accommodating, preserving and promoting distinct identities within a larger political union. The essence of federalism as a normative principle is the value of perpetuating both union and non-centralization at the same time. This broad genus encompasses a whole spectrum of more specific non-unitary forms, i. e. , species ranging from quasi- federations and federations to confederacies and beyond. Currently there are some 25 countries in the world that meet or claim to meet the basic criteria of a functioning federation.
