Advantage And Disadvantage Of Federalism

The federal government – this is a state which has complex structure. The main feature of this state is the presence of other states - subjects that have an independent conduct of political affairs from the center. They are characterized by certain features of state. However, in every state, these subjects are given a certain measure of freedom in their political activities, due to different principles: ethnic, regional, religious and other. These principles, with the policy of the central government determines the political relations in the federal state. These relationships in countries so different from each other that in some States, subjects actually have obvious features of sovereignty, and in other states, it is hard to call them federations. Now I would like to distinguish three aspects of federalism.

Federal law is above the law of the Federation, that determined by the constitution. The executive branch implements laws and there is an independence of the federal legislative institutions. Secondly, this is advantages of federalism, which include protection against external enemies, resolution of conflicts. Federalism simplifies management on the background of the language, religious and cultural differences and flexibility of power - the ability to find new, creative solutions to national issues. Finally, I would like to add disadvantages of federalism: Competitions between subjects for resources and instability because Federation can collapse or will be needed to require armed intervention to save the Union. Second point on which I would like to pay my attention is the development of federalism in the United