Concept information
Preferred term
federation and confederation
Definition(s)
- 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]
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-NQNNJGSG-L
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