Political Science 2230E Quiz: Federalism.docx
27 Jan 2015
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What is an institution: a set of congealed rules, something that has taken shape and holds overtime, federalism is an institution, each province and territory on the map are different colors, these are component parts of the federation. In a unitary system, sovereignty rests with the central or national government. In a federal system, sovereignty is constitutionally divided between a central government and sub-national governments. No subordination: sovereignty independent rule, in a unitary state all the sub national governments do not have sovereignty. Ottawa: easy way to get confused between federalism (the theory) and the government in ottawa, we can think about it as a sliding scale of authority, from highly concentrated to highly decentralized. Unitary (highly centralized) ------------------------ confederal state (highly decentralized) Canada is decentralized but not to the point where we meet the requirements for a confederation: big c confederation = canada, small c confederation = specific political arrangement.
