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The 131 pages that link to Federalism, each with the reason it gives.

• SovereigntyCompared with: Federal arrangements complicate claims that sovereignty resides at only one level.

• Thomas JeffersonCompared with: Jefferson’s states’ rights arguments often opposed expansive interpretations of national power.

• United KingdomCompared with: The United Kingdom has devolved government but is not a federal state.

• SecessionCompared with: Federal arrangements can address regional demands without dissolving the state.

• Gran ColombiaCompared with: Federalist demands challenged the republic’s centralized constitutional design.

• PhilippinesCompared with: Debates about federalism address how power might be shared across distant islands.

• One country, two systemsCompared with: Hong Kong has substantial distinct institutions but is not a constituent state in a federal system.

• CentralizationCompared with: Constitutional division of powers limits the center's ability to govern regional units directly.

• Italian nationalismCompared with: Federal proposals offered an alternative to the centralized kingdom built by unification.

• Colombian Conservative PartyCompared with: Federalism was the principal constitutional alternative to the party’s centralist preference.

• DevolutionCompared with: Unlike devolution, federalism constitutionally protects regional powers from unilateral central withdrawal.

• SupranationalismCompared with: It offers a more constitutionally integrated alternative to cooperation among sovereign states.

• Antonio López de Santa AnnaCompared with: Federalist opposition repeatedly challenged the centralizing policies associated with Santa Anna.

• Devolution in the United KingdomCompared with: Unlike a federal constitution, UK devolution rests on powers granted by Parliament.

• Spanish nationalismCompared with: Federal proposals recast national unity as shared sovereignty rather than uniform central rule.

• IrredentismCompared with: Federal arrangements can accommodate regional identities without changing international borders.

• Prefectures of JapanCompared with: Japan is a unitary state, so prefectures lack the sovereign powers of federal units.

• YugoslavismCompared with: Federalism offered an alternative to the centralized state favored by some interwar Yugoslavists.

• Autonomous communities of SpainCompared with: Spain is highly decentralized but is not formally constituted as a federation.

• European Union lawCompared with: Comparisons clarify why EU powers depend on conferred competences rather than general sovereignty.

• Mexican nationalismCompared with: Federalism frames enduring tensions between national unity and regional political autonomy.

• Population transferCompared with: Autonomy within a state can accommodate regional or communal differences without transfer.

• Spanish RestorationCompared with: Federal republicanism offered a competing answer to Spain’s territorial and constitutional questions.

• GovernmentCompared with: Federal systems share public powers across levels instead of concentrating them centrally.

• IntergovernmentalismCompared with: Federal arrangements constitutionally share authority rather than relying only on government-to-government consent.

• Anti-FederalismCompared with: Anti-Federalists disputed whether the Constitution preserved a safe balance between national and state authority.

• Crown DependenciesCompared with: The islands’ status does not make them federal units within the United Kingdom.

• BalkanizationCompared with: Federalism accommodates regional autonomy within one state rather than necessarily creating separate states.

• Lancaster House ConferencesCompared with: Federal ideas informed Kenya’s regionalist proposals, though its settlement did not create a conventional federation.

• RegionalismCompared with: Unlike regionalism as advocacy, federalism is a constitutional arrangement that can accommodate it.

• Unification of ItalyCompared with: Federal proposals offered an alternative to the centralized state established under the House of Savoy.

• Bush v. GoreCompared with: The dispute tested the boundary between state control of elections and federal constitutional review.

• Federal WarCompared with: The federalists sought this arrangement in opposition to Venezuela’s centralized rule.

• Greater SerbiaCompared with: Federal arrangements offered an alternative to redrawing borders around a single national state.

• Sovereign stateCompared with: Internal power-sharing does not by itself make a state externally dependent.

• Congress of CúcutaCompared with: Federalist demands challenged the centralized settlement adopted by the congress.

• Pashtun nationalismCompared with: Federal autonomy offers a route to Pashtun political recognition without redrawing international borders.

• Aburi AccordCompared with: The dispute concerned whether Aburi preserved a federation or shifted power decisively to its regions.

• Alexander I of YugoslaviaCompared with: Federalism contrasts with Alexander’s centralized state and his rejection of national autonomy.

• AutonomismCompared with: Unlike many autonomist proposals, federalism distributes regional authority across the whole state.

• Nikola PašićCompared with: Federalist proposals offered an alternative to Pašić’s preference for a centralized state.

• Antonio Guzmán BlancoCompared with: Federalist ideals clashed with the centralizing practices of Guzmán Blanco’s governments.

• Jeffersonian democracyCompared with: Jeffersonians disputed how much authority the national government should exercise within the federal system.

• PlatformismCompared with: Platformist coordination is often contrasted with federations that prioritize group autonomy over unified action.

• Zhonghua minzuCompared with: It provides a political alternative for organizing diversity through constitutionally divided power.

• Greater CroatiaCompared with: Federal arrangements offered an alternative to resolving national claims through border expansion.

• Politics of the United KingdomCompared with: UK devolution lacks the constitutionally entrenched division of powers typical of a federation.

• SovereigntismCompared with: It offers a structured division of powers rather than prioritizing the state as the sole authority.

• KleinstaatereiCompared with: Federal Germany preserves regional governments within a common state, unlike pre-unification sovereignty.

• Law of SpainCompared with: Spain’s extensive regional autonomy is not formally organized as a federal state.