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CONFEDERAL SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT
CONTENT
- Meaning of Confederation
- Main Features of Confederation
- Resource Control in a Confederation
- Merits and Demerits of Confederation
- Differences between Federalism and Confederalism
Meaning of Confederation
Confederation is the form of government in which sovereign states come together as autonomous bodies to form a loose political union, in which the central government is sub-ordinate to the component governments. A government is said to be con-federal when the constitutional arrangements allocate much power to the component at the expense of the central government. It is also defined as a loose federation. Example is Senegambia which was a confederation made of sovereign Senegal and Gambia,
Main Features of Confederation
The main features of confederalism include the following:
- The component sovereign states are more powerful than the central government.
- It is a union of sovereign or autonomous states.
- It has weak central government.
- The constitution makes the component states very powerful.
- The allegiance of the citizens is usually more to the component sovereign states than the centre.
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