Global Federalism
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Israel

The United Nations

Council on Foreign Relations

Federalism
Federalism is a mixed or compound mode of government
that combines a general government
(the central or "federal" government)
with regional governments
(state, territorial or other sub-unit governments)
in a single political system.

Its distinctive feature,
exemplified in the Constitution of the United States,
is a relationship of parity
between the two levels of government established.

Federalism is thus a form of government
in which powers are divided
between two levels of government
of equal status.

Federalism differs from confederalism,
in which the general level of government
is subordinate to the regional level.

Examples of the federation or federal state include
United States,
India,
Brazil,
Mexico,
Russia,
Germany,
Canada,
Switzerland,
Argentina,
Nigeria,
Australia.

Federation
A federation (also known as a federal state)
is a political entity
characterized by a union of
partially self-governing provinces, states,
or other regions
under a central federal government (federalism).
In a federation,
the self-governing status of the component states,
as well as the division of power between them
and the central government,
is typically constitutionally entrenched
and may not be altered
by a unilateral decision of either party,
the states or the federal political body.

A federation is a form of government
in which sovereign power is formally divided
between a central authority
and a number of constituent regions
so that each region retains
some degree of control
over its internal affairs.

Federations are often multi-ethnic
and cover a large area of territory
(such as Russia, the United States,
Canada, India, or Brazil).
With the United States Constitution
having become effective on 4 March 1789,
the United States is the oldest surviving federation.

The component states are in some sense sovereign,
insofar as certain powers are reserved to them
that may not be exercised
by the central government.

A federation often emerges
from an initial agreement
between a number of separate states.

The purpose of the federation
can be the will to solve mutual problems
and to provide for mutual defense
or to create a nation-state
for an ethnicity spread over several states.   

The federal government is
the common or national government
of a federation.

A federal government may have
distinct powers at various levels
authorized or delegated to it
by its member states.

The federal government is
the government at the level of
the sovereign state.

Usual responsibilities of the federal government are
maintaining national security
and exercising international diplomacy,
including the right to sign binding treaties.

A modern federal government,
within the limits defined by its constitution,
has the power to make laws
for the whole country,
unlike local governments.

Government
A government is the system or group of people
governing an organized community.

In the case of its broad associative definition,
government normally consists of
legislature, executive, and judiciary.

Each government has a kind of constitution,
a statement of its governing
principles and philosophy.

Typically, the philosophy of a government
is some balance between
the principle of individual freedom
and the idea of absolute state authority (tyranny).

While all types of organizations have governance,
the term government is often used more specifically,
to refer to the approximately
200 independent national governments
and subsidiary organizations globally.


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