anti-federalism
Against centralized authority
Anti-federalism is opposition to federalism—the political principle of dividing power between a central government and regional authorities.
The term most often appears in discussions of the American founding era, when Anti-Federalists opposed ratifying the Constitution, fearing it concentrated too much power in the national government.
More broadly, anti-federalism describes any skepticism toward federal systems or centralized authority. (Capitalized Anti-Federalism refers specifically to the American political movement.)
Provincial governmental autonomy
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
- localismPreference for nearby things
- self-governanceIndependent management of affairs
nullification · home rule · subsidiarity · devolution · self-determination · interposition
Unifying control in one place
- big governmentExpansive, powerful state apparatus
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- overreachExceed one's capacity
- despotismAbsolute one-person rule
authoritarianism · consolidation · encroachment · coercion · usurpation · standing army · aristocracy · oligarchy
Continental political-economic federation
- BrexitUK leaving European Union
- BrusselsBelgian capital
- EurozoneSingle-currency economic area
- national sovereigntyState's ultimate governing power
supranationalism · subsidiarity · national identity · border control · UKIP
states' rights
Provincial governmental autonomy
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
- localismPreference for nearby things
self-governance · nullification · home rule · subsidiarity · devolution · self-determination · interposition
centralization
Unifying control in one place
- big governmentExpansive, powerful state apparatus
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- overreachExceed one's capacity
despotism · authoritarianism · consolidation · encroachment · coercion · usurpation · standing army · aristocracy · oligarchy
European Union
Continental political-economic federation
national sovereignty · supranationalism · subsidiarity · national identity · border control · UKIP
anti-federalismfederalism
Divided governmental authority system
Federalism · centralism · centralization · strong central government · nationalism
anti-federalismFederalism
Pro-central-government political theory
federal, federalism, federation, confederate, confederation, federate, federally, federalist, federations