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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.
Unitary state, a system of political organization in which most or all of the governing power resides in a centralized government. In a unitary state, the central government commonly delegates authority to subnational units and channels policy decisions down to them for implementation.
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Examples of Unitary Governments. Unitary governments can be found in both democratic and authoritarian states. Here are a few examples: United Kingdom. The United Kingdom operates as a unitary government, with the UK Parliament serving as the governing body.
In a unitary state, the central or national government has complete authority over all other political divisions or administrative units. For example, the Republic of France is a unitary state in which the French national government in Paris has total authority over several provinces, known as departments, which are the subordinate ...
Like the United States Constitution, the Ohio Constitution organizes state government into three separate branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. Each branch is independent of the other two and has defi ned powers and responsibilities.
Federalism is marked by a sharing of power between the central government and state, provincial, or local governing bodies. The United States is one example of a federal republic. The U.S. Constitution grants specific powers to the national government while retaining other powers for the states.
The United States and Switzerland are clearly federal states; all of the above-mentioned characteristics of the federal state are present in their constitutional systems. Australia and Germany too can be considered federal in all respects.
