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Federalism vs. Devolution
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Federalism vs. Devolution
Similarities
- Both federalism and devolution apply to national governments with sub governments underneath them
- Both deal with division of power
- Both tend to be democratic
- Both sovereign states
What is Federalism?
Differences between both parties
Federal government has Constitutional specified powers for both sub and national governments
In Devolution the national government holds all the power, which they delegate to the sub national governments but they can also take it away at will.
The sub national powers are separate but equal and all have the same national authority. Federalism is also a system where there is a division between a central level and a regional or sub central level.
- Smaller branches rely on the supreme levels (unitary government and sub-units)
- Devolution is a form of decentralization it gives power from the unitary government (supreme) to the sub governments, but does not guarantee them equality, or power over the same things, and it is not set in stone.
- Federalism is more rigid, since the powers that are given to the federal government and to the state governments are set by the Constitution, which can only be changed with the consent of the federal government and most of the states.
What is Devolution?
- Federalism allows power through a delegated constitution. The power comes from the people. They put it into a constitution (or government framework). The constitution defines the delegation of powers to the states (all equally) and to the federal government. In a unitary government, the power comes from the people. They give that power to Parliament (the national government), and then Parliament can choose to delegate it to subnational governments.
- Devolution is used in a unitary state and federalism is used in a federal state
A type of government structure in which power is transferred from a central government to sub national authorities. With devolution, power is given to the lower states (sub governments).
Example: UK sub governments: Scottish Assembly, Assembly of Wales, Assembly of Northern Ireland