Advantages and Disavantages

There are three ways governments can distribute power: through a unitary, confederation, or federal system. Each of these systems of government have advantages along with disadvantages.
A unitary government can be defined as a centralized government. All powers held by the government belong to a single, central agency. Any local governments that exist hold power only with permission from the national government, and they cannot ever conflict with national policy. The central government creates local units of government for its own convenience such as garbage collection times or issuing parking tickets. Most governments in the world are unitary. In Great Britain, Parliament holds all the power of the British government, and while local governments exist, they only serve to relieve minor inconveniences. The advantages of having a unitary system are the uniform policies, laws, and administration. There is less duplication of services and fewer conflicts between national and local governments. Also, there is an overall greater unity and stability. There are also disadvantages of a unitary system of government. The central government can be out of touch with local concerns. They are slow in meeting local problems, and if the central government gets too involved in local problems, it may not meet the needs of all its citizens.
A confederate government is the type of government where the national government derives its powers from the states. Power rests in local entities, and the confederate government can only do what the confederation allows it to do. In this system, the power is extremely diffuse in that there is little central political control. It has the power to handle matters that the member states have assigned to it. Confederate governments usually have limited powers, and usually in the defense and foreign commerce fields. Confederate governments are rare in today’s world. The United States had a confederate government under that Articles of Confederation