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F e d e r a l i s m
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F e d e r a l i s m
What is Federalism?
Federalism is a way of organizing a nation so that two or more
levels of government have formal authority over the land and
people.
Federalism is a method of government that allows two or more
entities to share control over the same geographic region. 
It is a system of government in which the power is divided
between a central authority and various constituent units of the
country.
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F e d e r a l i s m
What is Federalism?
Federalism is a way of organizing a nation so that two or more
levels of government have formal authority over the land and
people.
Federalism is a method of government that allows two or more
entities to share control over the same geographic region. 
It is a system of government in which the power is divided
between a central authority and various constituent units of the
country.
Usually, a federation has two levels of government.
One is the government for the entire country that is usually
responsible for a few subjects of common national interest.
The others are governments at the level of provinces or states
that look after much of the day-to-day administering of their
state.
Both these levels of government enjoy their power independent
of the other
What is Federalism?
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F e d e r a l i s m
What is Federalism?
Federalism is a way of organizing a nation so that two or more
levels of government have formal authority over the land and
people.
Federalism is a method of government that allows two or more
entities to share control over the same geographic region. 
It is a system of government in which the power is divided
between a central authority and various constituent units of the
country.
Usually, a federation has two levels of government.
One is the government for the entire country that is usually
responsible for a few subjects of common national interest.
The others are governments at the level of provinces or states
that look after much of the day-to-day administering of their
state.
Both these levels of government enjoy their power independent
of the other
What is Federalism? What is Unitary System?
In this form of administration, there is
only one level of government over the
whole country. If there are more sub-
units, they are subordinates to central. 
Here, central government passes on
the orders to other levels of
government(provincial or the local
government). 
Example: United kingdom
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F e d e r a l i s m
What is Federalism?
Federalism is a way of organizing a nation so that two or more
levels of government have formal authority over the land and
people.
Federalism is a method of government that allows two or more
entities to share control over the same geographic region. 
It is a system of government in which the power is divided
between a central authority and various constituent units of the
country.
Usually, a federation has two levels of government.
One is the government for the entire country that is usually
responsible for a few subjects of common national interest.
The others are governments at the level of provinces or states
that look after much of the day-to-day administering of their
state.
Both these levels of government enjoy their power independent
of the other
What is Federalism? What is Unitary System?
In this form of administration, there is
only one level of government over the
whole country. If there are more sub-
units, they are subordinates to central. 
Here, central government passes on
the orders to other levels of
government(provincial or the local
government). 
Example: United kingdom
What is Federal System?
In this form of administration, there are
two levels of government
(Central/National and State). 
State government has powers of its own for which it
is not answerable to the central government.
 Example: USA.
The central government cannot order
the state government to do something.
(there are two different types of law:
Central and state laws). 
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