Federal government
Federal government
Democracy
Federalism
divided between the central government and regional or sub-divisional governments
unitary is where all powers are held by a single central agency. Federal has the powers of the government divided by a written constitution between central government and regional.
It is the division of power among a central government and several regional governments.
A devolved government divides power between a central authority and the regional authority.
The central, or federal, government has the highest power. It is the highest level of government. Then there's the state government, then the local government.
federalism
federalism. Federalism is a system of government in which power is divided and shared between a central authority (federal government) and regional or local governments (state governments). This division of power helps to prevent one level of government from becoming too powerful.
The governmental parts are shared between the central government and component governments of the states. The central government has devolved into the governments of states.