Chapter 3 Flashcards
1
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Federalism
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A political system in which there are local units of government as well as national government, that can make final decisions with respect to at least some governmental activities and whose existence is specially protected
2
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Examples of federal systems (6)
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USA, Canada, Australia, India, Germany, Switzerland
3
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Examples if unitary systems (4)
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France, Great Britain, Italy, sweden
4
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Unitary systems
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Local governments can be altered or even abolished by the national government, cannot claim to have final authority over any significant governmental activities