While both unitary and federal governments have many levels of government at the national and local levels, unitary governments are unique in the sense that the central government will retain most political power. In a federal government, different levels of government share political authority. ...
The notion of disharmony or divisive bickering as a universal feature of federal governments was discussed in an earlier article in this journal by William Riker and Ronald Schaps. Here an attempt is made to analyze this notion of disharmony, to question whether disharmony results from the kind...
In a unitary state, the central government may grant some powers to its local governments through a legislative process called “devolution.” However, the central government reserves supreme power and can revoke the powers it devolves to the local governments or invalidate their actions. Devolution ...
Most contemporary bourgeois states—including Great Britain, France, Italy, and Japan—are unitary states. In contemporary bourgeois federations—such as the USA, the Federal Republic of Germany, and Canada—the processes of economic and political centralization, which are characteristic of the period ...
power is shared by the prime minister and thepresident. Directly elected by popular vote to a five-year term, the president, who is also the head of state, appoints aprime minister, who heads the government and advises the president on the appointment of other members of the government. ...
R., 1959, "Federal and Unitary Government: Disharmony and Frustration", Behavioral Science, vol. IV, abril.Pennock, Roland J.: Federal and Unitary Government: Disharmony and Frustra- tion, in: Behavioral Science, Nr. 4/1959, 147 - 157...
doi:10.2139/ssrn.3542312FederalismUnitary GovernmentPlural SocietyDiversityIt is common belief that a unitary form of government is applicable for a less diversified society whereas Federalism is applicable for a more diversified socieSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
That would avoid the well-known inefficiencies of federal government, the duplication of bureaucracy, and the needless tax competition among jurisdictions. A nationwide sharing community would develop the common interest and common loyalty that an ethnically-diverse country such as English Canada requires...
This Essay concludes, based on a political economy analysis, that many states, cities, and other sub-national authorities (SNAs) will continue to take strong independent climate regulatory initiatives even after the federal government adopts a broad cap-and-trade system. Should federal law allow ...
Yemen's 2013–2014 National Dialogue Conference paved the way for Yemen to transition from a unitary to federal system of government. This is a common trajectorydoi:10.2139/ssrn.2955921Williams, Paul R.Sommadossi, TiffanyMujais, AyatSocial Science Electronic Publishing...