What is the difference between federalism and decentralization?
It is quite complicated question to answer, but what they have in common is that decentralization is sharing of power between different levels of government and there are many forms of decentralization. And what makes it different is that you have the level of government written in the constitution and each one of these governments as directly elected. So, they have a direct relation with the people. What makes federalism special, the Constitution. The Central Government cannot take the power of the regional governments because it is constitutionalized. And these building blocks for a real federal system. The Constitution defines what power each level of government will have, the financial arrangements, the tax power each will have. Also, Constitutional Court to settle differences between the different levels of government. And a system of inter-governmental relations which is designed to help intra-governmental cooperation and share of responsibilities, environmental. Q: Why the recen
