Shared Sovereignty Flashcards
Confederation
Several pre-existing polities joined together to form a common government for strictly limited purposes, usually foreign affairs
and defence, and more recently economics, that remains dependent upon its constituent polities in critical ways and must work through them
Federation
A compound polity compounded of strong constituent entities and a strong general government, each possessing powers
delegated to it by the people and empowered to deal directly with the citizenry in the exercise of those powers
Federacy
Whereby a larger power and a smaller polity are linked asymmetrically in a federal relationship in which the latter has substantial
autonomy and in return has a minimal role in the governance of the larger power. Resembling a federation, the relationship between them can
be dissolved only by mutual agreement
Associated state
An asymmetrical arrangement similar to a federacy but like a confederation in that it can be dissolved by either of the parties
under pre-arranged terms
Consociation
A non-territorial federation in which the polity is divided into “permanent” transgenerational religious, cultural, ethnic or
ideological groupings known as “camps”, “sectors”, or “pillars” federated together and jointly governed by coalitions of the leaders of each
Union
A polity compounded in such a way that its constituent entities preserve their respective integrities primarily or exclusively through the
common organs of the general government rather than through dual government structures.
League
A linkage of politically independent polities for specific purposes that function through a common secretariat rather than a
government and from which members may unilaterally withdraw at will, at least formally.
Joint functional authority:
An agency established by two or more polities for joint implementation of a particular task or tasks.
Condominium:
A polity ruled jointly by two external powers in such a way that the inhabitants of the polity have substantial internal self-rule
