confederalists
Union of states supporters
Confederalists are advocates of confederalism—a political system where independent states or regions unite under a weak central authority while retaining most governing power themselves.
The term appears in discussions of decentralized governance, from historical debates over the U.S.
Constitution to modern proposals for loose political unions: Confederalists argued that the federal government had overstepped its constitutional bounds.
Association or distance unit
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- unionJoining into one
- blocAllied group sharing interests
- pactFormal agreement between parties
consortium · entente · partnership · compact · treaty · association · affiliation · amalgamation
Distributing power from center
- self-governanceIndependent management of affairs
- self-ruleGovernance without outside control
- states' rightsProvincial governmental autonomy
- home ruleDelegated local autonomy
devolution · localism · subsidiarity · self-determination · regional power · local authority · limited government · cantonal
Legal authority's scope
- independenceFreedom from external control
- nationhoodStatus as independent country
- self-governmentRuling oneself independently
- governanceHow authority is exercised
authority · dominion · statehood · political entity · sovereign rights · intergovernmental · nullification · secession
league
Association or distance unit
pact · consortium · entente · partnership · compact · treaty · association · affiliation · amalgamation · axis
decentralization
Distributing power from center
- self-governanceIndependent management of affairs
- self-ruleGovernance without outside control
- states' rightsProvincial governmental autonomy
home rule · devolution · localism · subsidiarity · self-determination · regional power · local authority · limited government · cantonal · noninterference
jurisdiction
Legal authority's scope
- independenceFreedom from external control
- nationhoodStatus as independent country
- self-governmentRuling oneself independently
governance · authority · dominion · statehood · political entity · sovereign rights · intergovernmental · nullification · secession · reserved powers
confederalistscentralists
Advocates of consolidated governance
unionists · federalists · nationalists · statists · integrationists
confederate, confederates, confederated, confederating, confederation, confederations, confederacy, confederacies, federal