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Forms of government that mix a central government with regional governments.

Fiscal federalism:

As a subfield of public economics, fiscal federalism is concerned with "understanding which functions and instruments are best centralized and which are best placed in the sphere of decentralized levels of government" (Oates, W.E. 1999. 'An Essay on Fiscal federalism', Journal of economic Literature, 37(3):1120-49 JSTOR).

This matters to politics in that it involves the distribution of government power.

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Is there a ranking of states based on how unitary/federalized they are?

As an example, the UK is formally considered a unitary state but in reality its subregions enjoy a lot of autonomy and are able to pass laws of their own. On the other hand Russia is formally a federation but in practice all of its states are…
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Are there any proposals from the Turkic countries in Central Asia for becoming a federation?

There is an association of Turkic countries called Turkic Council. Apart from that, are there any proposals from the Turkic countries in Central Asia for becoming a federation? Related The Turkic world is on the edge of a historic revival
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Can anybody explain why the organization of a two-party system benefits from federalism?

I'm unsure whether, in the U.S., the organization of a two-party system benefits from federalism because the spheres of influence of local an national leaders can remain separate to avoid alienating constituents in one region through support of…
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What kind of federation was postulated by the six point movement?

Six point movement If Federal government is only responsible for defence and foreign affairs federating members keep different currencies federating members keep different accounts for export income federating members keep their own…
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Why would federal commandeering of state officials yield more federal programs?

Source: Richard A. Posner, How Judges Think (2008). p 332 Bottom:   Breyer is one of the nationalists, despite his acknowledgment that a nation as populous as the United States needs a federal system in order to give the citizenry a sense of…
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What federal systems feature a legislative chamber for regional governments, Germany aside?

As the book instantiates Germany (cf green line beneath), I seek other federalist nation-states as examples. European Union Governance and Policy Making: A Canadian Perspective (2018). p 61. EU: The EU now has a bicameral system, with both the…
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