List of forms of government
9-751: [REDACTED] Look up unitary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Unitary may refer to: Mathematics [ edit ] Unitary divisor Unitary element Unitary group Unitary matrix Unitary morphism Unitary operator Unitary transformation Unitary representation Unitarity (physics) E -unitary inverse semigroup Politics [ edit ] Unitary authority Unitary state See also [ edit ] Unital (disambiguation) Unitarianism All pages with titles beginning with Unitary All pages with titles containing Unitary Topics referred to by
18-816: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages unitary [REDACTED] Look up unitary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Unitary may refer to: Mathematics [ edit ] Unitary divisor Unitary element Unitary group Unitary matrix Unitary morphism Unitary operator Unitary transformation Unitary representation Unitarity (physics) E -unitary inverse semigroup Politics [ edit ] Unitary authority Unitary state See also [ edit ] Unital (disambiguation) Unitarianism All pages with titles beginning with Unitary All pages with titles containing Unitary Topics referred to by
27-410: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Unitary state A unitary state is a state or sovereign state governed as a single entity in which the central government is the supreme authority. The central government may create or abolish administrative divisions (sub-national or sub state units). Such units exercise only the powers that
36-445: Is required to make amendments. This means that the sub-national units have a right to existence and powers that cannot be unilaterally changed by the central government. Italics : States with limited recognition from other sovereign states or intergovernmental organizations . The United Kingdom is an example of a unitary state. Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland have a degree of autonomous devolved power, but such power
45-460: The UN member countries , 166 out of 193, have a unitary system of government, while significant population and land mass is under some kind of federation. A unitary system of government can be considered to be the opposite of federalism . In federations, the provincial/regional governments share powers with the central government as equal actors through a written constitution , to which the consent of both
54-521: The central government chooses to delegate. Although political power may be delegated through devolution to regional or local governments by statute , the central government may alter the statute, to override the decisions of devolved governments or expand their powers. The modern unitary state concept originated in France ; in the aftermath of the Hundred Years' War , national feelings that emerged from
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81-468: The war unified France. The war accelerated the process of transforming France from a feudal monarchy to a unitary state. The French then later spread unitary states by conquests , throughout Europe during and after the Napoleonic Wars , and to the world through the vast French colonial empire . Unitary states stand in contrast to federations , also known as federal states . A large majority of
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