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What is diference betweenunitary and ederal government?
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In a unitary government, the central government possesses
muchauthority and decision-making power. Local governing bodies
simplyserve as administrative arms of the central government. Great
Britain isa familiar example of a unitary government individual
British countieshave little of the power commonly exercised by
!merican states."rance, with #$ departments grouped into %&
provinces, also has aunitary form of government. It is important,
however, to note thatunitary governments are not inherently less
democratic than otherforms.
In a federal government, power is split between a central
governmentauthority and its constituent states. 'sually, an
overriding law of theland, known as a constitution, allocates
duties, rights, and privileges toeach level of government. (he
constitution usually de)nes how power isshared between national,
state, and local governments the power toamend this constitution is
usually granted to the citi*ens or theirgovernmental
representatives.
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'nitary +"rance--same laws throughout the country--the
nationalgovernment makes the rules.onfederate +the '/, 0!,
pre-constitution '0!--a loose organi*ation ofsmaller places +states
that make their own rules. (he confederatecountry asks its states
to work together, but lacks the power to makethem."ederal
+'0!--grants the national and state or local governmentsspeci)c
powers. (hey share power in certain de)ned ways.
1residential +'0!--the chief executive +president, the one who
managesthe country is a separate elected o2cial from the
legislature.
1arliamentary +'3, and most other republics--the chief executive
+primeminister is chosen from the ma4ority party from the
legislature. If there isno ma4ority party, a coalition is formed
from the di5erent parties to makea ma4ority, and the coalition
decides who the prime minister will be.
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