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   What is a United States state?

   • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen. U.S. state, first-order administrative unit of the United States, one of 50 constituent political entities (four of them called commonwealths) that share sovereignty with the federal government.

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   What is the structure of a federal state?

   • A federal state has a central structure with at most a small amount of territory mainly containing the institutions of the federal government, and several regions (called states, provinces, etc.) which compose the territory of the whole state. Sovereignty is divided between the centre and the constituent regions.

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   What does a state mean?

   • The most commonly used definition is by Max Weber who describes the state as a compulsory political organization with a centralized government that maintains a monopoly of the legitimate use of force within a certain territory.

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   What is a federal government?

   • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Michael Ray. Federation, the government of a federal community. In such a model there are two levels of government: one dealing with the common and the other with the territorially diverse.

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2. www.britannica.com › topic › federalismFederalism | Definition, History, Characteristics, & Facts

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   May 8, 2024 · federalism, mode of political organization that unites separate states or other polities within an overarching political system in a way that allows each to maintain its own integrity.

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   May 22, 2024 · U.S. state, first-order administrative unit of the United States, one of 50 constituent political entities (four of them called commonwealths) that share sovereignty with the federal government. Each state has a written constitution of its own design, subject to the condition that it shall not violate the U.S. Constitution.

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   May 22, 2024 · The Center for the Study of Federalism (CSF) is a nonpartisan, interdisciplinary research and education institution dedicated to supporting and advancing scholarship and public understanding of federal theories, principles, institutions, and processes as practical means of organizing power in free societies.

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   2 days ago · State (polity) A state is a political entity that regulates society and the population within a territory. [1] . Government is considered to form the fundamental apparatus of contemporary states. [2] [3] Most often, a country has a single state, with various administrative divisions.

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   1 day ago · The United States is a constitutional federal republic, in which the president (the head of state and head of government), Congress, and judiciary share powers reserved to the national government, and the federal government shares sovereignty with the state governments.

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   4 days ago · A federal state has a central structure with at most a small amount of territory mainly containing the institutions of the federal government, and several regions (called states, provinces, etc.) which compose the territory of the whole state. Sovereignty is divided between the centre and the constituent regions.