Traditionally, Unitary and Federal systems have held position as systems of ruling to strike a balance between the organs of government and citizens of a country. While the concept of ‘self-rule’ gives priority to territorial or personal sub entities of a pluralist nation, ‘shared-rule’ institutionalizes control over the relationship between sub entities and encompassing entity by giving priority to encompassing entity.[i] Decentralization of power is often followed by countries which adopt the unitary system in order to maintain balance between self and shared rule. On the other hand, both Pure federalism and Con federalism is used by federal followers to obtain the same result. However, executing one nation’s sovereign power without sacrificing any need of the people is always considered a challenging task for the government, as accommodating various identities under one sovereign power is no easy task.
[i] Lidija R.Basta Fleiner, Thomas Fleiner “Federalism and Multiethnic States- The case of Switzerland” 2nd Revised Edition, Helbeiry and Lichtenhahn (2000) Pg 43 and 44
