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