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supranational government |
Government above the government of its member states. |
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unitary system |
system of governing in which soverign authority rest with the central government; regional and local governments are subordinate |
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federal system |
A system of governing in which sovering authority is divided or shared between central government and regional governments with each deriving its authority form the constution |
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devolution |
system of governing i which central government grants some legaslative powers as well as administrative responsabalities to one ore more regional bodies |
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classical or dual federalism |
version of federalsim in which federal and provincial or state governments each concer themselves with their own areas of constitutional authority without infringing upon the areas of authority of the other level of government |
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equalization payments |
payments made by the federal government to ensure the poorer provincial governmnts are able to provide a equal level of service to their populations without resorting to excessive levels of taxation |
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co-operative federalism |
fed system in which two levels of government are jointly involved in developing financing and administrating many government services |
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asymmetrical federalism |
version of fedaralism in which some provincial or state governments have a greater degree of self government than others |
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confederal system |
A system of governing in which sovering states have agreed to delegate some of their authority to a joint government with limited authority wile retaining their sovereignty |
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European Union |
An economic and political union of many European countries that have pooled some of their soverignty |
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eurozone |
The countries of the EU that have addopted the euro as their currency and discontinued the use of their national currencies |
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subsidiarity |
the princile that decision and actions should be carried out, if possible, by the level of governing that is closest to citizens |
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