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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, mode of political organization that unites...
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A contrast between federation and confederation—words...
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Before the late 1990s, the United Kingdom’s unitary system was centralized to the extent that the national government held the most important levers of power. Since then, power has been gradually decentralized through a process of devolution , leading to the creation of regional governments in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland as well as ...
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DECENTRALIZED UNITARY SYSTEM IN SOMALIA 1 Introduction1 For the last two decades, Somalis and the international community have been working on re-establishing the Somali state. However, there is disagreement as to the most suitable governance system that could regulate the country’s economic, political and social conflicts.
describe, and explain. Students had six specific tasks: to define a unitary system, to describe how Great Britain has decentralized power since 1997, to define federalism, to explain how Mexico’s political system limited the decentralization of power prior to 2000, to explain one advantage of decentralization for public
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May 5, 2015 · The study explains and assesses different proposals currently available in the literature regarding confederation, federation, consociation and a decentralized unitary system. The article, then, analyses the findings and the literature, and concludes that a decentralized unitary system is the most suitable governance model for Somalia, because ...
Decentralization in Unitary States: Constitutional Frameworks for the Middle East and North Africa The Center for Constitutional Transitions generates and mobilizes knowledge in support of constitution building.
A unitary state is a sovereign state governed as a single entity in which the central government is the supreme authority. The central government may create or abolish administrative divisions (sub-national units). Such units exercise only the powers that the central government chooses to delegate. Although political power may be delegated ...
