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holding-together federalism: a standalone construct

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Comparative politics

federalism created by devolving power within a previously unitary state to keep it together, contrasted with federations formed by separate units joining.

In comparative politics, holding-together federalism refers to federalism created by devolving power within a previously unitary state to keep it together, contrasted with federations formed by separate units joining. This meaning comes from Stepan (1999) in Journal of Democracy.[1]

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demos-constraining federalism1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct federalism1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct power6 fields · 13 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs

References

Stepan, A. C. (1999). Federalism and Democracy: Beyond the U.S. Model. Journal of Democracy, 10(4), 19-34. https://doi.org/10.1353/jod.1999.0072

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