concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: federation and confederation

federation and confederation
type: Concept
broader: international relations
definition: The two forms of organizing political authority—confederation and federation—can, in theory, be distinguished as follows. A confederation is a union of equal, sovereign states (normally recognized as such internationally) that have formed, for limited general purposes, a common government. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Federation and Confederation]

international relations
type: Concept
narrower: federation and confederation