FEDERALISM CW NOTES

1 Define: Federalism
2 Features of Federalism.
3 Differentiate between coming together and holding together of federations
Coming together federations Holding together federations
i.) Involves independent States coming A large country decides to divide its
together on their own to form a power between the constituent States
bigger unit, so that by pooling and the national government.
sovereignty and retaining identity
they can increase their security.
ii.) Eg: USA, Switzerland and Australia. Eg: India, Spain and Belgium are
examples.
iii.) All the constituent States usually The central government tends to be
have equal power and are strong vis- more powerful vis-à-vis the States.
à-vis the federal government Very often different constituent units of
the federation have unequal powers.
Some units are granted special powers.
4 Explain-----The Constitution was amended to make the third tier of democracy
more powerful and effective.