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If there are central and state governments, there is always a balance of power. The balance may be tilted in favour of one or the other though.
Federalism is best described as a system in which both the states (or smaller governing entities) and the central government have a defined set of powers and interact with each other, neither dominating the other.
Sovereignty relates to government insofar as governments reflect the sovereign authority of their nations. In modern democracies, this authority lies with the citizens, and is only represented by the goverment.
This is almost a "which came first, the chicken or the egg ?" question. Do societies bring about governments or do governments bring about societies. I would venture to say they are interrelated. They need and build from each other. Close examination will, usually, show that the two are related in such a way as for the society to influence the type of government that will evolve. Or, for the government to influence the evolution and development of a society. Trying to separating the two is unfair and fails to acknowledge and recognize their interrelatedness. kapm
the Romans created the form of government known as a republic of representative democracy this is the most used government type in the world today amongst countries. about every country has this form of government.
There is nothing like conflict between central and state governments. It is democratic set up in India meaning thereby that there might be governments of two different parties in states and in the centre. It does not mean that they are in conflict with each other.
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Diplomacy
The Federalists favored a United States with a strong central government. The Whigs [the other side of the debate] favored strong state governments with a weak central government. The US Constitution was a compromise between these two points of view. The question was finally resolved by the Civil War when Lincoln and those who favored a strong central government defeated the Confederate States [who favored strong states/weak central government]
Their country has a central government.What will the central government decide on that issue? We should have a central government here.
It creates two sovereigns, the national government and the state governments
The government in the colony of North Carolina was similar to the other colonies. These governments were run as English governments with structures from England.