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  2. Unitary state - Wikipedia

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    A unitary system of government can be considered to be the opposite of federalism. In federations, the provincial/regional governments share powers with the central government as equal actors through a written constitution, to which the consent of both is required to make amendments. This means that the sub-national units have a right to ...

  3. List of forms of government - Wikipedia

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    A unitary state is a state governed as a single power in which the central government is ultimately supreme and any administrative divisions (sub-national units) exercise only the powers that the central government chooses to delegate. The majority of states in the world have a unitary system of government.

  4. Unitary executive theory - Wikipedia

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    In American law, the unitary executive theory is a Constitutional law theory according to which the President of the United States has sole authority over the executive branch. [1] It is "an expansive interpretation of presidential power that aims to centralize greater control over the government in the White House".

  5. List of countries by system of government - Wikipedia

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  6. List of countries by federal system - Wikipedia

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    Rather, rights in specific cases were to be decided by the judicial system of courts. After the American Civil War, the federal government increased greatly in influence on everyday life and in size relative to the state governments. Reasons included the need to regulate businesses and industries that span state borders, attempts to secure ...

  7. Central government - Wikipedia

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    A central government is the government that is a controlling power over a unitary state.Another distinct but sovereign political entity is a federal government, which may have distinct powers at various levels of government, authorized or delegated to it by the federation and mutually agreed upon by each of the federated states.

  8. Unitarian Party - Wikipedia

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    He would soon advocate for a central government for the entire nation, adopting this principle of unitary government and later, along with his allies became known as the Unitarians. [ 4 ] Under President Bernardino Rivadavia (1826–1827), the Unitarianists gained control for a short period of time.

  9. List of clauses of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The United States Constitution and its amendments comprise hundreds of clauses which outline the functioning of the United States Federal Government, the political relationship between the states and the national government, and affect how the United States federal court system interprets the law. When a particular clause becomes an important ...