alleryStart learning →A system where states depend entirely on the national government is best described as:
AUnitary
BFederal
CConfederal
DConcurrent
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Unitary
1. Classify by where authority actually sits.
2. Federalism apportions power between national and subnational levels.
3. A unitary system makes subnational governments dependent on the national government.
4. In a unitary system significant authority is concentrated.
5. So total state dependence describes a unitary system.
_Source: OpenStax American Government 4e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 'American Federalism'_
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