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comparative federalism  

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  • Federalism is a principle of government that seeks to reconcile unity and diversity through the exercise of political power along multiple autonomous levels. The crux of this principle is the idea of combining self-rule and shared rule. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Federalism, Comparative]

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