Premium
Collaborative Federalism
Author(s) -
Saunders Cheryl
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
australian journal of public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-8500
pISSN - 0313-6647
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8500.00274
Subject(s) - federalism , polity , constitution , diversity (politics) , power (physics) , government (linguistics) , cooperative federalism , political science , unity in diversity , law and economics , population , law , public administration , sociology , politics , linguistics , philosophy , physics , demography , quantum mechanics
Famously, federalism combines self‐rule with shared rule[Note 1. DJ Elazar, (ed) 1991 Constitutional Design and Power‐Sharing in ...] or unity with diversity.[Note 2. KC Wheare, 1963 Federal Government, 4th edn, Oxford, pp.35–36; ...] Typically, the mix is achieved by creating or preserving two levels of government, each with a direct relationship with the people, and by dividing power between them. Traditionally, unity is achieved through the exercise of power by the central government, in relation to the polity as a whole. Diversity is the consequence of the exercise of power by sub‐national governments over a portion of the population, generally territorially identified. The boundaries of power between the two spheres are secured by entrenching them in a written Constitution established as fundamental law, which is interpreted and applied by a court or courts.