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Centralization |
Concentration of power within a single body, usual principle government |
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Centralized federalism |
Increase in power with federal government relative to regional governments |
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Concurrent powers |
Sharing of control between regional & federal governments |
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Conditional grants |
Funds given to regional authorities from federal governments wich assigns controls & conditions on how money may be spent |
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Co-operative federalism |
Cooperation & coordination of policy between federal and regional governments |
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Decentralization |
Process where power is taken from principle government and given to regional governments |
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Declaratory power |
Federal government's power to take control of a local project if it would be for greater good |
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Delegated authority |
Transfer of powers from national government to regional |
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Devolution |
System where authority is given to regional governments, but power to oversee, dismiss, or entrech authority still held by central government |
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Disallowance |
When provincial legislation is rejected/vetoed by federal cabinet |
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European Union (EU) |
Economic & political union between 27 European states |
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Executive federalism |
Conflictive relationship between provinces & federal governments when provinces succesfully attempt to achieve greater autonomy from federal government, which resists |
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non-reserved matters |
power given to region governments that cannot be taken by the central |
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non-excepted matters |
powers held by central government that can be transferred to a regional government later |
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North American Trade Agreement (NAFTA) |
Agreement with Canada, US, & Mexico to have opened markets with each other |
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Reservation |
When Lieutenant Governor puts provincial legislation up to federal cabinet's consideration |
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Sovereignty-association |
Arrangement by which a regional government acquires independence from federal government but retains strong links to country, usually economic policy |
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Uncoditional grants |
Payment from federal government that can be spent by regional as it seems fit |
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Unitary systems |
Systems in which contration of politcal authority/power is held by central government, which is responsible for both domestic annd foreign issues |
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Vote turnout |
number voters who attend polls on election day |
