Political unitarism designates various theories, concepts or policies that advocate or enforce a fully unified and centralized system of government, with ultimate goal in creating a unitary state. In practice, unitarism is often manifested as a political doctrine or movement within complex political entities (confederations, federations, and other political unions), advocating for the highest degree of political integration and unification, beyond mere administrative centralization.[1]
One of the main goals of political unitarists (proponents of unitarism) is to abolish or substantially suppress all forms of regional self-government and autonomy, by transferring powers of confederated states, federal units, autonomous regions or cantons directly to the central government. Unitarization and regionalization are often confused with centralization and decentralization, respectively.
Historically, complex processes of political unitarization were often accompanied by political struggle between proponents of unitarism and radical centralization, and their opponents, advocating decentralization and regionalism. In political history, that kind of political struggle was very frequent, even from ancient times. One of the most famous examples of local resistance to political unitarism in classical times was the internal conflict between ancient Athens and other federated city-states within the Delian League.
One of practical goals of political unitarism is to create a singular legislature, with exclusive legislative powers over the entire territory of a state. Through the process of political unitarization, local regions within an emerging unitary state are deprived of any form of contract with the centralized government. Thus, the remaining regional powers, if any have been left at all, are not protected by being entrenched in the constitution of the unitary state; they can be reduced even more, or completely abolished, by the acts of the central government.
Gerring, John; Thacker, Strom C. (2004). (PDF). British Journal of Political Science. 34 (2): 295–330. doi:10.1017/s0007123404000067. S2CID 2277141. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-23. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
E. H. Kossmann (1971), "The Crisis of the Dutch State 1780–1813: Nationalism, Federalism, Unitarism", in: Britain and the Netherlands, Dordrecht: Springer, pp. 156–175.
Paterson, Lindsay (1998). A Diverse Assembly: The Debate on a Scottish Parliament. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN9780748610075.
Danilo Vuković (2001), "Democratic consolidation and social consensus – cleavage between unitarists and separatists in Bosnia and Herzegovina", in: South-East Europe Review for Labour and Social Affairs, 1/2001, pp. 95-111.
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Philip Camara (2016): Federalism's advantages over unitarism
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political, unitarism, confused, with, political, unionism, other, uses, unitarism, disambiguation, designates, various, theories, concepts, policies, that, advocate, enforce, fully, unified, centralized, system, government, with, ultimate, goal, creating, unit. Not to be confused with Political unionism For other uses see Unitarism disambiguation Political unitarism designates various theories concepts or policies that advocate or enforce a fully unified and centralized system of government with ultimate goal in creating a unitary state In practice unitarism is often manifested as a political doctrine or movement within complex political entities confederations federations and other political unions advocating for the highest degree of political integration and unification beyond mere administrative centralization 1 One of the main goals of political unitarists proponents of unitarism is to abolish or substantially suppress all forms of regional self government and autonomy by transferring powers of confederated states federal units autonomous regions or cantons directly to the central government Unitarization and regionalization are often confused with centralization and decentralization respectively Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 Literature 5 External linksHistory edit nbsp Original of the Acts of Union that created the Kingdom of Great Britain as a unitary stateHistorically complex processes of political unitarization were often accompanied by political struggle between proponents of unitarism and radical centralization and their opponents advocating decentralization and regionalism In political history that kind of political struggle was very frequent even from ancient times One of the most famous examples of local resistance to political unitarism in classical times was the internal conflict between ancient Athens and other federated city states within the Delian League In modern history one of the most notable examples of political unitarization was the creation of Kingdom of Great Britain by the Acts of Union in 1701 2 and subsequently the creation of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland by the Acts of Union in 1800 One of practical goals of political unitarism is to create a singular legislature with exclusive legislative powers over the entire territory of a state Through the process of political unitarization local regions within an emerging unitary state are deprived of any form of contract with the centralized government Thus the remaining regional powers if any have been left at all are not protected by being entrenched in the constitution of the unitary state they can be reduced even more or completely abolished by the acts of the central government See also editUnitary state Centralization European Union Localism politics References edit Gerring amp Thacker 2004 p 295 330 Paterson 1998 p 276 279 Literature editGerring John Thacker Strom C 2004 Political Institutions and Corruption The Role of Unitarism and Parliamentarism PDF British Journal of Political Science 34 2 295 330 doi 10 1017 s0007123404000067 S2CID 2277141 Archived from the original PDF on 2018 11 23 Retrieved 2018 12 27 E H Kossmann 1971 The Crisis of the Dutch State 1780 1813 Nationalism Federalism Unitarism in Britain and the Netherlands Dordrecht Springer pp 156 175 Paterson Lindsay 1998 A Diverse Assembly The Debate on a Scottish Parliament Edinburgh University Press ISBN 9780748610075 Danilo Vukovic 2001 Democratic consolidation and social consensus cleavage between unitarists and separatists in Bosnia and Herzegovina in South East Europe Review for Labour and Social Affairs 1 2001 pp 95 111 External links editPhilip Camara 2016 Federalism s advantages over unitarism Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Political unitarism amp oldid 1208184829, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
