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Two varying political systems, unitary and federal, are found respectively in the United Kingdom and Germany. While both are democracies, in a unitary system, power rests with a single source of authority, which in England is The Parliament. A federal system, such as the German government, creates policy both on a state and national level. Due to the unique history of the two nations, the two types of government are best suited to address needs of their respective citizens. In the following explanation, unitary and federal governments with be explained, accompanied by a brief history, and compared to
one other in an attempt to shed light upon how unitary and federal government influence interest aggregation and policy-making within the two states. ... A unitary system has been implemented in Britain as a result of relatively stable political history. It is best suited for the UK because, through a unitary system, all citizens receive the same benefits. Since the government is centralized, the individual nations do not carry greater weight, rather they are all equally represented. ... “The most reasonable judgment is that modern government developed during the long reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901, when government initiations were created to cope with the problems of society that was increasingly urban, literate, industrial, and critical of unchanged traditions. ... After a few military coups and reconfigurations of power, a Bill of Rights was made part of the government in 1689. ... “Two surviving medieval institutions which are of considerable importance…the House of Lords, much less powerful than it was but still playing an active role in government. The other is the monarchy, the existence of which affects the whole pattern of government even though the personal powers of the reigning monarch are a pale shadow of what they used to be.”
The British unitary system came of age after World War II. ... In the 1950’s, the conservatives assumed power based on the groundwork set by the Keynesian government.
The Labour Party took control of Parliament in the 1960’s, promising to reform the conservative government. ... Thatcher “arrived in office in office determined to diminish the state’s economic intervention, to enhance its authority over interest groups, and to enforce the elected government’s primacy over the bureaucracy.
Approximate Word count = 1725
Approximate Pages = 6.9
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