Regional state
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In political geography, a regional state is a state more centralized than a federation, but less centralized than an unitary state. Regional states include federations in which power has become more centralized, and unitary states in which some power has been devolved to regional governments. This term has yet to become widely used.
[edit] Examples
- In the United Kingdom, varying degrees of power have been devolved to the governments of three of the constituent countries.
- Spain is divided into 17 regions with very high levels of self-government.
- Belgium is composed of 3 states with far reaching autonomy.
- Germany has a federal structure with different states.
- Pakistan has a federal parlimentary form of structure with provincial-level governments as well as high levels of self-government.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Glassner, Martin Ira. Political Geography, 2nd Edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1995.
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