| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:Political_system 
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                                | gptkbp:advantage | Checks and balances Complexity in governance
 Duplication of services
 Inequality between regions
 Local autonomy
 Policy experimentation
 Protection of minorities
 Potential for conflict between levels of government
 
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                                | gptkbp:appliesTo | States Countries
 Provinces
 
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                                | gptkbp:contrastsWith | Confederation Unitary state
 
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                                | gptkbp:defines | A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units 
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                                | gptkbp:isKeyPrincipleOf | gptkb:U.S._Constitution gptkb:Indian_Constitution
 gptkb:Canadian_Constitution
 gptkb:Argentine_Constitution
 gptkb:Austrian_Constitution
 gptkb:Belgian_Constitution
 gptkb:Bosnian_Constitution
 gptkb:Brazilian_Constitution
 gptkb:Comorian_Constitution
 gptkb:Ethiopian_Constitution
 gptkb:German_Basic_Law
 gptkb:Micronesian_Constitution
 gptkb:Nigerian_Constitution
 gptkb:Pakistani_Constitution
 gptkb:Russian_Constitution
 gptkb:Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis_Constitution
 gptkb:Somali_Constitution
 gptkb:South_African_Constitution
 gptkb:Sudanese_Constitution
 gptkb:UAE_Constitution
 gptkb:Venezuelan_Constitution
 gptkb:Iraqi_Constitution
 gptkb:Australian_Constitution
 gptkb:Malaysian_Constitution
 gptkb:Mexican_Constitution
 gptkb:Swiss_Federal_Constitution
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFigure | gptkb:Alexander_Hamilton gptkb:James_Madison
 gptkb:John_Adams
 gptkb:John_Marshall
 gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
 gptkb:Daniel_J._Elazar
 gptkb:Johannes_Althusius
 gptkb:John_Jay
 gptkb:Montesquieu
 
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                                | gptkbp:originatedIn | 18th century 
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                                | gptkbp:practicedIn | gptkb:Argentina gptkb:Australia
 gptkb:Austria
 gptkb:Belgium
 gptkb:Bosnia_and_Herzegovina
 gptkb:Brazil
 gptkb:Canada
 gptkb:Comoros
 gptkb:Ethiopia
 gptkb:Germany
 gptkb:India
 gptkb:Iraq
 gptkb:Malaysia
 gptkb:Mexico
 gptkb:Micronesia
 gptkb:Nigeria
 gptkb:Pakistan
 gptkb:Russia
 gptkb:Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis
 gptkb:Somalia
 gptkb:South_Africa
 gptkb:Sudan
 gptkb:Switzerland
 gptkb:United_Arab_Emirates
 gptkb:United_States
 gptkb:Venezuela
 
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                                | gptkbp:relatedConcept | Subsidiarity Competitive federalism
 Confederalism
 Cooperative federalism
 Devolution
 Dual sovereignty
 Fiscal federalism
 Intergovernmental relations
 Unitary system
 
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                                | gptkbp:studiedBy | gptkb:law gptkb:Political_science
 Public administration
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Federalist_Party 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 4 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Federalism 
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