Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Government Distribution of Power
- Unitary
- Power is held by one Central Authority
- Centralized Government; with powers that
belong to one central agency
- Local Units (regional authority) of
government have powers only given to them
by the national government
- Strong central government holds key
powers
- Federal
- Power is divided between one central and several
regional aurthorities
- National-State-Local Governments... act directly on
the people through their own sets of laws, officials,
and ageinces
- NOT CHECKS AND BALANCES OR SEPARATION
OF POWERS (Don't get them confused)
- United States has this type of Government
Distribution of Power
- Confederation
- Voluntary association of independent states that often
delegate a few powers to the central authority
- Secure some common purpose
- Agree to certain limitations on thieir freedom of action
- States retain considerable independence.
- An alliance of independent states
- Has the powers to handle only those matters that the
member states have assigned to it (limited powers).
- States must cooperate in matters of a common concern.
- Less Binding than a federation
- WORST TYPE OF GOVERNMENT POWER DISTRIBUTION