Unitary, Federal, Unitary, Federal, and Confederation and Confederation

GovernmentsGovernments

3 Ways Government Systems 3 Ways Government Systems Distribute PowerDistribute Power

Continuum of GovernmentContinuum of Government

Strong Central Government-----------------------------Weak Strong Central Government-----------------------------Weak Central GovernmentCentral Government

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Unitary Federal Unitary Federal Confederation Confederation

Unitary GovernmentsUnitary Governments

Characterized by or Characterized by or constituting a form of constituting a form of government in which power is government in which power is held by one central authorityheld by one central authority

Examples of Unitarian Examples of Unitarian GovernmentsGovernments

United Kingdom, Cuba, Denmark, United Kingdom, Cuba, Denmark, Finland, Iran, Israel, Turkey, Finland, Iran, Israel, Turkey, and Ukraineand Ukraine

Federal GovernmentsFederal Governments

Characterized by or Characterized by or constituting a form of constituting a form of government in which power is government in which power is divided between one central and divided between one central and several regional authorities-several regional authorities-such as states of provinces.such as states of provinces.

Examples of Federal Examples of Federal governmentsgovernments

United States, Argentina, United States, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Mexico, Canada, Germany, India, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, and Russia, South Africa, and Switzerland.Switzerland.

ConfederationsConfederations

Voluntary association of Voluntary association of independent states that, to independent states that, to secure some common purpose, secure some common purpose, agree to certain limitations on agree to certain limitations on their freedom of action and their freedom of action and establish some joint machinery establish some joint machinery of consultation or of consultation or deliberation.deliberation.

Examples of Examples of ConfederationsConfederations

European UnionEuropean Union Confederation of Southern Confederation of Southern StatesStates

Articles of ConfederationArticles of Confederation