Distribution of authority
effective government in any form requires a workable method for distributing authority within the
country. the larger and more diverse the jurisdiction of the government, the stronger the tendency
toward a federal system in which authority is "layered" or distributed among different levels. in
countries with a relatively homogeneous population and with a common tradition, language, and
sense of national history, the central governments may not be federal but unitary-that is, they may
retain most of the administrative power at the center. loosely allied autonomous states sometimes
join together to create a type of central government known as a confederation, in which the
central government exists only at the pleasure of the sovereign members.
list the 3 ways authority can be distributed in government?