Boundaries Inside States and the French government Flashcards
What do countries do for ethnicities wanting self determinism?
Transfer some authority from national govnt to local govnt
an ethnicity that can’t take over the nation,a govnt could control a local unit of govnt
Why are boundaries drawn inside states
Separate nationalities or ethnicities
Provide advantage to a political party
Unitary state
Most power in central govnt
Federal state power
Most power in local govnts
Smaller states adopt which govnt system
Unitary
Unitary system works best when…
Nation states
Little cultural difference
Strong national unity
Effective communication
common govnt system in europe
Unitary
Multinational state rend to adopt a …..system lf govnt
Federal
Boundaries correspond with regions inhabited by different ethnicities
Why federal govnt usually in large states?
The capital may be too remote to exercises complete control over isolated regions
Russia
Federal
USA
Federal
Canada
Federal
Brazil
Federal
India
Federal
Belgium
Federal
Why is tiny Belgium federal?
Accommodate Waloons and Flemings
China
Unitary
Why is China unitary
Promote. Communism
Kenya
Unitary
Rwanda
Unitary
Why are Kenya Rwanda unitary
Establish one ethnic group to extend dominance over weaker groups
I recent years which govnt has become more popular
Federal,
Frances govnt
Unitary
Why is France unitary
Nations state
Basic French local govnt named…
Department
Each of the 96 departments of France have an elected…
General council
Administrative head of French departments named…
Prefet
The prefet of French departments get his power through…
Appointed by the national govnt
Second tier of local govnt in France called the
Commune
Each French commune has an elected … And …
Mayor and council
The mayor of the French commune can be a member of national…. At the same time
National parliament
Small communes can’t govern effectively
Exception of Paris Lyon Lille marseille
How has French govnt changed
French govnt grants additional legal powers to department and communes
Local govnt can borrow money without approval
National govnt gives blocks of money to local
22 regional councils gave become full fledged local govnts with elected councils and power to levy taxes
