Federal systems decide by territorial decentralization who has what power, what sover eignty. The institutions of federalism are ideologically neutral, and serve to decentralize a state or protect ethnic identities within it. Marxists have favored unitary governments, accepting federalism as a means to avoid breakup of the state. Cases of federalism and mixed cases are examined. Secession is usually resisted by force-and in the Third World cannot occur lest the East-West power balance be affected. Federalism has a future!
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