Advantages And Disadvantages Of Federalism

According to the research of Helen Soder, federalism is a political philosophy in which group of members are considered bound together, with a governing representative head.1 It is a system of sovereignty rule and common rule and in the covenant there is an assumption that conflict are to be solved peacefully under judicial regulated forms. The power is divided and shared between the two levels of government which is the national government and regional or state government. The responsibilities and activities for social, political, and economic growth are pursued by an equal of both central and the states (constituent units). Each level has some genuine autonomy from each other and each level is primarily accountable to their respective constituencies.2
The definition and understanding of federalism is often interchanged or synonymously used with concepts as federal government and federations. Early writers or various scholars such as Burgess, Graham Smith, Forsyth, Ojo, Daniel Elazar and the others were debated and argued for the real meaning of federal government. Consequently, several definitions have emerged for the term federalism. However, all of the definitions they made have one and the same interpretation.3
Other early writers like Jean Bodin,

In this study, the researchers aim to know about federalism and its proposed application to the Philippine government. Also, the effects of this in the country and of course the benefits that will acquire by the Filipinos, in politics, and in economic development. The researchers will analyze and answer the sub-problems to answer the question, “is the Philippines ready for