In a unitary government, all powers are held by a central government.
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a central government and local governments
The government receives its authority to act from the people.
Reserved Powers give a state the authority to create local governmental units including a public school system.
Federalism is best described as a system in which both the states (or smaller governing entities) and the central government have a defined set of powers and interact with each other, neither dominating the other.
Federalism is a system of government in which the national government and state governments share governmental power within the same political system, which have jurisdiction over individuals. Unitary system of government is one in which, principle power within the political system lies at the level of a national or central government, which individual citizens have direct allegiance to the national or central government and possesses ultimate power to make all political choices and determine public policy.