Federalism - Dividing Power between States and the United States
Morone, & Kersh, (2016) indicated that Federalism fosters the loyalties of the state; having different states allow the Americans to have close ties to their respective home states. Besides federalism practices pragmatism, giving power to the local official make it easier to run a bigger country such as the United States which has a diverse population and local official understand people's problems better hence they make policies that can better solve them. Federalism act as test site of democracy; state administration can try strategies and other states can study from their achievement or failures. Federal government enhances political stability through removing some contentious …show more content…
As a result, there can be quick decision making because there is a single person and legislature that has the authority to make them and there is a faster response to domestic and foreign issues. A unitary government is more cost-effective. The lack of multiple levels of bureaucracies that have to be navigated to make decisions make it cheap and thus it reduces taxes burden to the citizens. Unitary government creates a smaller government that is effective, because of it efficient structure it can manage its authority from a minimized …show more content…
Furthermore, confederal systems permit decentralization of powers because of the division of the legislation and execution between the local and provincial government. This prevents the establishment of authoritative rules. Creation of democratic states makes members of such state have a sense of sovereignty and the states address their issues better and make policies that suit the locals better(Bae, & Feiock,2013).
Weak central government is one of the cons of the confederal system; the central authority is weak because the states have the power and member states constitute the majority in the legislature (Bae, & Feiock,2013. The autonomy of the states creates struggle of power which is risk factor for conflicts the secession from the confederation and as the most decentralized form of government confederal government does not last long
To conclude, the federal government has several advantages such as increasing people's participation, protecting the citizen of tyranny government, dispersing of the power and increasing effectiveness. Although it has a few disadvantages when compared to other forms, it is still the best and remains superior to unitary and Confederation government in governing a bigger and diverse country such as the United
Morone, & Kersh, (2016) indicated that Federalism fosters the loyalties of the state; having different states allow the Americans to have close ties to their respective home states. Besides federalism practices pragmatism, giving power to the local official make it easier to run a bigger country such as the United States which has a diverse population and local official understand people's problems better hence they make policies that can better solve them. Federalism act as test site of democracy; state administration can try strategies and other states can study from their achievement or failures. Federal government enhances political stability through removing some contentious …show more content…
As a result, there can be quick decision making because there is a single person and legislature that has the authority to make them and there is a faster response to domestic and foreign issues. A unitary government is more cost-effective. The lack of multiple levels of bureaucracies that have to be navigated to make decisions make it cheap and thus it reduces taxes burden to the citizens. Unitary government creates a smaller government that is effective, because of it efficient structure it can manage its authority from a minimized …show more content…
Furthermore, confederal systems permit decentralization of powers because of the division of the legislation and execution between the local and provincial government. This prevents the establishment of authoritative rules. Creation of democratic states makes members of such state have a sense of sovereignty and the states address their issues better and make policies that suit the locals better(Bae, & Feiock,2013).
Weak central government is one of the cons of the confederal system; the central authority is weak because the states have the power and member states constitute the majority in the legislature (Bae, & Feiock,2013. The autonomy of the states creates struggle of power which is risk factor for conflicts the secession from the confederation and as the most decentralized form of government confederal government does not last long
To conclude, the federal government has several advantages such as increasing people's participation, protecting the citizen of tyranny government, dispersing of the power and increasing effectiveness. Although it has a few disadvantages when compared to other forms, it is still the best and remains superior to unitary and Confederation government in governing a bigger and diverse country such as the United