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A unitary state, or unitary government, is a governing system in which a single central government has total power over all of its other political subdivisions. A unitary state is the opposite of a federation, where governmental powers and responsibilities are divided. In a unitary state, the political subdivisions must carry out the directives ...
Figure 2.18 There are three general systems of government—unitary systems, federations, and confederations—each of which allocates power differently. In a confederation, authority is decentralized, and the central government’s ability to act depends on the consent of the subnational governments.
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unitary state, a system of political organization in which most or all of the governing power resides in a centralized government, in contrast to a federal state. A brief treatment of the unitary state follows. For additional discussion, see Political system: Unitary nation-states; federation; confederation.
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federalism. Political system that organizes government into two or more levels with independent powers; in the United States this consists of local, state, and national governments. federal revenue sharing. The practice of sharing federal income tax revenue with state and local governments. mandate.
1866 map of Texas and its counties. Local government was certainly on the minds of the framers of the Texas Constitution in 1875. They were particularly concerned with the counties, as opposed to cities and towns. They referred to "county" or "counties" 198 times, almost 1 percent of the original constitution's 23,505 words.
The government of Texas operates under the Constitution of Texas and consists of a unitary democratic state government operating under a presidential system that uses the Dillon Rule, as well as governments at the county and municipal levels. Austin is the capital of Texas. The State Capitol resembles the United States Capitol in Washington, D ...
unitary system: a centralized system of government in which the subnational government is dependent on the central government, where substantial authority is concentrated. writ of habeas corpus: a petition that enables someone in custody to petition a judge to determine whether that person’s detention is legal