Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Install
Faster access than browser!
 

Devolution

Index Devolution

Devolution is the statutory delegation of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to govern at a subnational level, such as a regional or local level. [1]

176 relations: Abkhazia, Aceh, Adjara, Administrative division, Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan, Administrative divisions of China, Administrative divisions of Georgia (country), Administrative divisions of Greece, Administrative divisions of Mexico, Administrative divisions of Moldova, Administrative divisions of Papua New Guinea, Administrative divisions of Portugal, Administrative divisions of Serbia, Administrative divisions of South Korea, Administrative divisions of the Philippines, Administrative divisions of Ukraine, Alberta, Alsace, Aruba, Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly, Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, Autonomous communities of Spain, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Autonomous Regions of Portugal, Åland Islands, Bogotá, Boroughs of Mexico, British Overseas Territories, Brittany, Campaign for an English Parliament, Canada, Carrothers Commission, Catalan self-determination referendum, 2014, Central government, Ceuta, Communities of chartered regime, Congress of the Union, Constitution, Constitution of Mexico, Cook Islands, Counties of Kenya, Countries of the United Kingdom, Crimea, Crown dependencies, Curaçao, Dawson City, De jure, Decentralization, ..., Deliberative assembly, Departments of Bolivia, Departments of Colombia, Departments of Nicaragua, Devolution in the United Kingdom, District of Ungava, European Single Market, Executive Council of Catalonia, Faroe Islands, Federalism, Federalism in China, Gagauzia, Government of the Northern Territory, Greenland, Home Nations, Home rule, Hong Kong, Honiara, Independence, Injustice, Inuit, Jakarta, Karakalpakstan, Klondike Gold Rush, Kosovo, Legislation, Lester B. Pearson, Lima Province, List of Constitutions of Spain, List of heads of government of Mexico City, Local government, London, London Assembly, Macau, Majority, Manitoba, Melilla, Memorandum of understanding, Metohija, Mexico City, Mount Athos, Municipalities of Mexico, Municipalities of Mexico City, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, National Assembly for Wales, National Capital District (Papua New Guinea), Nationalities and regions of Spain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Niue, North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, North-West Mounted Police, Northern Ireland Assembly, Northern Territory, Northern Territory referendum, 1998, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, Occitania, Ossetia, Ottawa, Papua (province), Parliament, Prague, Prefectures of Japan, President of Mexico, Principle of conferral, Provinces of Indonesia, Provinces of South Africa, Provinces of Sri Lanka, Provinces of the Netherlands, Provinces of the Solomon Islands, Referendum, Regions of Chile, Regions of Denmark, Regions of Finland, Regions of France, Regions of Italy, Regions of New Zealand, Regions of Peru, Regions of Tajikistan, Regions of Tanzania, Regions of the Czech Republic, Regions of Uzbekistan, Repeal, Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995, Ross Dependency, Royal Commission on the Constitution (United Kingdom), Rupert's Land, Saskatchewan, Scotland, Scotland Act 2012, Scotland Act 2016, Scottish Parliament, Self-governance, Sint Maarten, Smith Commission, South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Sovereign state, Spain, Special Region of Yogyakarta, State of Mexico, States and territories of Australia, Statute, Subsidiarity, Territories of the United States, Tiao-kuai, Tobago, Tokelau, Transnistria, Unitary state, United Kingdom, United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016, United States Congress, United States Constitution, Vojvodina, Voluntary euthanasia, Wales, Washington, D.C., West Lothian question, West Papua (province), Winnipeg, World Bank Group, Yellowknife, Yukon, Zanzibar. Expand index (126 more) »

Abkhazia

Abkhazia (Аҧсны́; აფხაზეთი; p) is a territory on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, south of the Greater Caucasus mountains, in northwestern Georgia.

New!!: Devolution and Abkhazia · See more »

Aceh

Aceh; (Acehnese: Acèh; Jawoë:; Dutch: Atjeh or Aceh) is a province of Indonesia.

New!!: Devolution and Aceh · See more »

Adjara

Adjara (აჭარა), officially known as the Autonomous Republic of Adjara (Georgian: აჭარის ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა), is a historical, geographic and political-administrative region of Georgia.

New!!: Devolution and Adjara · See more »

Administrative division

An administrative division, unit, entity, area or region, also referred to as a subnational entity, statoid, constituent unit, or country subdivision, is a portion of a country or other region delineated for the purpose of administration.

New!!: Devolution and Administrative division · See more »

Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan is administratively divided into the following subdivisions.

New!!: Devolution and Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan · See more »

Administrative divisions of China

Due to China's large population and area, the administrative divisions of China have consisted of several levels since ancient times.

New!!: Devolution and Administrative divisions of China · See more »

Administrative divisions of Georgia (country)

The subdivisions of Georgia are autonomous republics (ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა, avtonomiuri respublika), regions (მხარე, mkhare), and municipalities (მუნიციპალიტეტი, munits'ipaliteti).

New!!: Devolution and Administrative divisions of Georgia (country) · See more »

Administrative divisions of Greece

Following the implementation on 1 January 2011 of the Kallikratis Plan, the administrative divisions of Greece consist of two main levels: the regions and the municipalities.

New!!: Devolution and Administrative divisions of Greece · See more »

Administrative divisions of Mexico

The United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic composed of 31 states and the capital, Mexico City, an autonomous entity on par with the states.

New!!: Devolution and Administrative divisions of Mexico · See more »

Administrative divisions of Moldova

According to the Moldovan law on territorial administrative organisation, Moldova is divided administratively into the following administrative territorial units: districts (raioane; see also raions), cities/towns (orașe) and villages (sate).

New!!: Devolution and Administrative divisions of Moldova · See more »

Administrative divisions of Papua New Guinea

The administrative divisions of Papua New Guinea consist of twenty province-level divisions: nineteen provinces plus the National Capital District.

New!!: Devolution and Administrative divisions of Papua New Guinea · See more »

Administrative divisions of Portugal

Administratively, Portugal is a unitary and decentralized State.

New!!: Devolution and Administrative divisions of Portugal · See more »

Administrative divisions of Serbia

The administrative divisions of Serbia (административна подела Србије / аdministrativna podela Srbije) are regulated by the Government of Serbia Enactment of 29 January 1992,Government of Serbia: and by the Law on Territorial Organization adopted by the National Assembly of Serbia on 29 December 2007.

New!!: Devolution and Administrative divisions of Serbia · See more »

Administrative divisions of South Korea

South Korea is made up of 17 first-tier administrative divisions: 6 metropolitan cities (gwangyeoksi 광역시/廣域市), 1 special city (teukbyeolsi 특별시/特別市), 1 special self-governing city (teukbyeol-jachisi 특별자치시/特別自治市), and 9 provinces (do 도/道), including one special self-governing province (teukbyeol jachido 특별자치도/特別自治道).

New!!: Devolution and Administrative divisions of South Korea · See more »

Administrative divisions of the Philippines

The Philippines has four main classes of elected administrative divisions, often lumped together as local government units (LGUs).

New!!: Devolution and Administrative divisions of the Philippines · See more »

Administrative divisions of Ukraine

Ukraine is divided into several levels of territorial entities.

New!!: Devolution and Administrative divisions of Ukraine · See more »

Alberta

Alberta is a western province of Canada.

New!!: Devolution and Alberta · See more »

Alsace

Alsace (Alsatian: ’s Elsass; German: Elsass; Alsatia) is a cultural and historical region in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland.

New!!: Devolution and Alsace · See more »

Aruba

Aruba (Papiamento) is an island and a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern Caribbean Sea, located about west of the main part of the Lesser Antilles and north of the coast of Venezuela.

New!!: Devolution and Aruba · See more »

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

New!!: Devolution and Australia · See more »

Australian Capital Territory

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT; known as the Federal Capital Territory until 1938) is Australia's federal district, located in the south-east of the country and enclaved within the state of New South Wales.

New!!: Devolution and Australian Capital Territory · See more »

Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly

The Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly was the main elected representative body of the Australian Capital Territory between 1975 and 1986, when preparations began to be made for the granting of self-government to the Territory.

New!!: Devolution and Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly · See more »

Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly

The Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly (formally the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory) is the unicameral legislature of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).

New!!: Devolution and Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly · See more »

Autonomous communities of Spain

In Spain, an autonomous community (comunidad autónoma, autonomia erkidegoa, comunitat autònoma, comunidade autónoma, comunautat autonòma) is a first-level political and administrative division, created in accordance with the Spanish constitution of 1978, with the aim of guaranteeing limited autonomy of the nationalities and regions that make up Spain.

New!!: Devolution and Autonomous communities of Spain · See more »

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao

The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Awtonomong Rehiyon sa Muslim Mindanao, الحكم الذاتي الاقليمي لمسلمي مندناو Al-ḥukm adh-dhātiyy al-'aqlīmiyy limuslimiyy mindanāu; abbreviated ARMM) is an autonomous region of the Philippines, located in the Mindanao island group of the Philippines, that consists of five predominantly Muslim provinces: Basilan (except Isabela City), Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi.

New!!: Devolution and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao · See more »

Autonomous Regions of Portugal

The two Autonomous Regions of Portugal (Regiões Autónomas de Portugal) are the Azores (Região Autónoma dos Açores) and Madeira (Região Autónoma da Madeira).

New!!: Devolution and Autonomous Regions of Portugal · See more »

Åland Islands

The Åland Islands or Åland (Åland,; Ahvenanmaa) is an archipelago province at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea belonging to Finland.

New!!: Devolution and Åland Islands · See more »

Bogotá

Bogotá, officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santafé de Bogotá between 1991 and 2000, is the capital and largest city of Colombia, administered as the Capital District, although often thought of as part of Cundinamarca.

New!!: Devolution and Bogotá · See more »

Boroughs of Mexico

In Mexico, boroughs, into which some municipalities and the Federal District are divided for administrative purposes, are known as delegaciones (sing. delegación).

New!!: Devolution and Boroughs of Mexico · See more »

British Overseas Territories

The British Overseas Territories (BOT) or United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs) are 14 territories under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom.

New!!: Devolution and British Overseas Territories · See more »

Brittany

Brittany (Bretagne; Breizh, pronounced or; Gallo: Bertaèyn, pronounced) is a cultural region in the northwest of France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation.

New!!: Devolution and Brittany · See more »

Campaign for an English Parliament

The Campaign for an English Parliament (CEP) is a pressure group which seeks the establishment of a devolved English parliament.

New!!: Devolution and Campaign for an English Parliament · See more »

Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

New!!: Devolution and Canada · See more »

Carrothers Commission

The Carrothers Commission, formally The Advisory Commission on the Development of Government in the Northwest Territories, was a commission set up by the government of Canada to study the future of government of the Northwest Territories.

New!!: Devolution and Carrothers Commission · See more »

Catalan self-determination referendum, 2014

No description.

New!!: Devolution and Catalan self-determination referendum, 2014 · See more »

Central government

A central government is the government of a nation-state and is a characteristic of a unitary state.

New!!: Devolution and Central government · See more »

Ceuta

Ceuta (also;; Berber language: Sebta) is an Spanish autonomous city on the north coast of Africa, separated by 14 kilometres from Cadiz province on the Spanish mainland by the Strait of Gibraltar and sharing a 6.4 kilometre land border with M'diq-Fnideq Prefecture in the Kingdom of Morocco.

New!!: Devolution and Ceuta · See more »

Communities of chartered regime

The constitution of Spain of 1978 allowed for the nationalities and regions that integrate the Spanish nation to accede to self-government and be constituted as autonomous communities,First article.

New!!: Devolution and Communities of chartered regime · See more »

Congress of the Union

The Congress of the Union (Congreso de la Unión), formally known as the General Congress of the United Mexican States (Congreso General de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos), is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of Mexico consisting of two chambers: the Senate of the Republic and the Chamber of Deputies.

New!!: Devolution and Congress of the Union · See more »

Constitution

A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed.

New!!: Devolution and Constitution · See more »

Constitution of Mexico

The Constitution of Mexico, formally the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States (Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is the current constitution of Mexico.

New!!: Devolution and Constitution of Mexico · See more »

Cook Islands

The Cook Islands (Cook Islands Māori: Kūki 'Āirani) is a self-governing island country in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand.

New!!: Devolution and Cook Islands · See more »

Counties of Kenya

The counties of Kenya are geographical units envisioned by the 2010 Constitution of Kenya as the units of devolved government.

New!!: Devolution and Counties of Kenya · See more »

Countries of the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom (UK) comprises four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

New!!: Devolution and Countries of the United Kingdom · See more »

Crimea

Crimea (Крым, Крим, Krym; Krym; translit;; translit) is a peninsula on the northern coast of the Black Sea in Eastern Europe that is almost completely surrounded by both the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov to the northeast.

New!!: Devolution and Crimea · See more »

Crown dependencies

Crown dependencies are three island territories off the coast of Britain which are self-governing possessions of the Crown.

New!!: Devolution and Crown dependencies · See more »

Curaçao

Curaçao (Curaçao,; Kòrsou) is a Lesser Antilles island in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of the Venezuelan coast.

New!!: Devolution and Curaçao · See more »

Dawson City

The Town of the City of Dawson, commonly known as Dawson City or Dawson, is a town in Yukon, Canada.

New!!: Devolution and Dawson City · See more »

De jure

In law and government, de jure (lit) describes practices that are legally recognised, whether or not the practices exist in reality.

New!!: Devolution and De jure · See more »

Decentralization

Decentralization is the process by which the activities of an organization, particularly those regarding planning and decision-making, are distributed or delegated away from a central, authoritative location or group.

New!!: Devolution and Decentralization · See more »

Deliberative assembly

A deliberative assembly is a gathering of members (of any kind of collective) who use parliamentary procedure to make decisions.

New!!: Devolution and Deliberative assembly · See more »

Departments of Bolivia

Bolivia is a unitary state consisting of nine departments (departamentos).

New!!: Devolution and Departments of Bolivia · See more »

Departments of Colombia

Colombia is a unitary republic made up of thirty-two departments (Spanish: departamentos, sing. departamento) and a Capital District (Distrito Capital).

New!!: Devolution and Departments of Colombia · See more »

Departments of Nicaragua

Nicaragua is a unitary republic, divided for administrative purposes into fifteen departments (Spanish: departamentos) and two autonomous regions (Spanish: regiones autónomas).

New!!: Devolution and Departments of Nicaragua · See more »

Devolution in the United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, devolution (fèin-riaghlaidh, datganoli; Irish: Dílárú) refers to the statutory granting of powers from the Parliament of the United Kingdom to the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, the Northern Ireland Assembly and the London Assembly and to their associated executive bodies the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government, the Northern Ireland Executive and in England, the Greater London Authority and combined authorities.

New!!: Devolution and Devolution in the United Kingdom · See more »

District of Ungava

The District of Ungava was a regional administrative district of Canada's Northwest Territories from 1895 to 1920, although it effectively ceased operation in 1912.

New!!: Devolution and District of Ungava · See more »

European Single Market

The European Single Market, Internal Market or Common Market is a single market which seeks to guarantee the free movement of goods, capital, services, and labour – the "four freedoms" – within the European Union (EU).

New!!: Devolution and European Single Market · See more »

Executive Council of Catalonia

The Executive Council of Catalonia (Consell Executiu) or the Government of Catalonia (Catalan: Govern de Catalunya) is the executive branch of the Generalitat of Catalonia.

New!!: Devolution and Executive Council of Catalonia · See more »

Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands (Føroyar; Færøerne), sometimes called the Faeroe Islands, is an archipelago between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic, about halfway between Norway and Iceland, north-northwest of Scotland.

New!!: Devolution and Faroe Islands · See more »

Federalism

Federalism is the mixed or compound mode of government, combining a general government (the central or 'federal' government) with regional governments (provincial, state, cantonal, territorial or other sub-unit governments) in a single political system.

New!!: Devolution and Federalism · See more »

Federalism in China

Chinese federalism refers to political theories which argue that China's central government should share sovereignty with regional entities, under a form of federalism.

New!!: Devolution and Federalism in China · See more »

Gagauzia

Gagauzia (Gagauziya or Gagauz Yeri; Găgăuzia; Гагаузия, Gagaúzija), formally known as the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia (Gagauz Yeri) (Avtonom Territorial Bölümlüü Gagauz Yeri; Unitatea Teritorială Autonomă Găgăuzia; Автономное территориальное образование Гагаузия, Avtonomnoje territoriaľnoje obrazovanije Gagauzija), is an autonomous region of Moldova.

New!!: Devolution and Gagauzia · See more »

Government of the Northern Territory

The Government of the Northern Territory, also referred to as the Northern Territory Government, is the Australian territorial democratic administrative authority of the Northern Territory.

New!!: Devolution and Government of the Northern Territory · See more »

Greenland

Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat,; Grønland) is an autonomous constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.

New!!: Devolution and Greenland · See more »

Home Nations

The home nations, refers collectively to England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland (countries of the United Kingdom), and in certain sports (e.g. rugby football) contexts, to England, Scotland, Wales and the whole island of Ireland.

New!!: Devolution and Home Nations · See more »

Home rule

Home rule is government of a colony, dependent country, or region by its own citizens.

New!!: Devolution and Home rule · See more »

Hong Kong

Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory of China on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia.

New!!: Devolution and Hong Kong · See more »

Honiara

Honiara is the capital city of the Solomon Islands, situated on the northwestern coast of Guadalcanal.

New!!: Devolution and Honiara · See more »

Independence

Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state in which its residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over the territory.

New!!: Devolution and Independence · See more »

Injustice

Injustice is a quality relating to unfairness or undeserved outcomes.

New!!: Devolution and Injustice · See more »

Inuit

The Inuit (ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, "the people") are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada and Alaska.

New!!: Devolution and Inuit · See more »

Jakarta

Jakarta, officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (Daerah Khusus Ibu Kota Jakarta), is the capital and largest city of Indonesia.

New!!: Devolution and Jakarta · See more »

Karakalpakstan

Karakalpakstan (Qaraqalpaqstan / Қарақалпақстан), officially the Republic of Karakalpakstan (Qaraqalpaqstan Respublikası / Қарақалпақстан Республикасы) is an autonomous republic within Uzbekistan.

New!!: Devolution and Karakalpakstan · See more »

Klondike Gold Rush

The Klondike Gold Rush was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899.

New!!: Devolution and Klondike Gold Rush · See more »

Kosovo

Kosovo (Kosova or Kosovë; Косово) is a partially recognised state and disputed territory in Southeastern Europe that declared independence from Serbia in February 2008 as the Republic of Kosovo (Republika e Kosovës; Република Косово / Republika Kosovo).

New!!: Devolution and Kosovo · See more »

Legislation

Legislation (or "statutory law") is law which has been promulgated (or "enacted") by a legislature or other governing body or the process of making it.

New!!: Devolution and Legislation · See more »

Lester B. Pearson

Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson (23 April 1897 – 27 December 1972) was a Canadian scholar, statesman, soldier, prime minister, and diplomat, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Canal Crisis.

New!!: Devolution and Lester B. Pearson · See more »

Lima Province

Lima Province is located in the central coast of Peru and is the only province in the country not belonging to any of the twenty-five regions.

New!!: Devolution and Lima Province · See more »

List of Constitutions of Spain

Spain has proclaimed a number of Constitutions.

New!!: Devolution and List of Constitutions of Spain · See more »

List of heads of government of Mexico City

The Head of Government (Jefe de Gobierno) wields executive power in Mexico City.

New!!: Devolution and List of heads of government of Mexico City · See more »

Local government

A local government is a form of public administration which, in a majority of contexts, exists as the lowest tier of administration within a given state.

New!!: Devolution and Local government · See more »

London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

New!!: Devolution and London · See more »

London Assembly

The London Assembly is an elected body, part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power, with a two-thirds majority, to amend the Mayor's annual budget and to reject the Mayor's draft statutory strategies.

New!!: Devolution and London Assembly · See more »

Macau

Macau, officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory on the western side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia.

New!!: Devolution and Macau · See more »

Majority

A majority is the greater part, or more than half, of the total.

New!!: Devolution and Majority · See more »

Manitoba

Manitoba is a province at the longitudinal centre of Canada.

New!!: Devolution and Manitoba · See more »

Melilla

Melilla (مليلية, Maliliyyah; ⵎⵔⵉⵜⵙ, Mřič) is a Spanish autonomous city located on the north coast of Africa, sharing a border with Morocco, with an area of.

New!!: Devolution and Melilla · See more »

Memorandum of understanding

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) is a type of agreement between two (bilateral) or more (multilateral) parties.

New!!: Devolution and Memorandum of understanding · See more »

Metohija

Metohija (Метохија) or Dukagjini (Rrafshi i Dukagjinit)) is a large basin and the name of the region covering the southwestern part of Kosovo. The region covers 35% (3,891 km2) of Kosovo's total area. According to the 2011 census, the population of the region is 700,577.

New!!: Devolution and Metohija · See more »

Mexico City

Mexico City, or the City of Mexico (Ciudad de México,; abbreviated as CDMX), is the capital of Mexico and the most populous city in North America.

New!!: Devolution and Mexico City · See more »

Mount Athos

Mount Athos (Άθως, Áthos) is a mountain and peninsula in northeastern Greece and an important centre of Eastern Orthodox monasticism.

New!!: Devolution and Mount Athos · See more »

Municipalities of Mexico

Municipalities (municipios in Spanish) are the second-level administrative divisions of Mexico, where the first-level administrative division is the state (Spanish: estado).

New!!: Devolution and Municipalities of Mexico · See more »

Municipalities of Mexico City

Mexico City is divided into sixteen delegaciones (mayoralties or boroughs) (alcaldías), which have regulatory powers and are not fully autonomous in their internal administration.

New!!: Devolution and Municipalities of Mexico City · See more »

Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic

The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (Naxçıvan Muxtar Respublikası) is a landlocked exclave of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

New!!: Devolution and Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic · See more »

National Assembly for Wales

The National Assembly for Wales (Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru; commonly known as the Welsh Assembly) is a devolved parliament with power to make legislation in Wales.

New!!: Devolution and National Assembly for Wales · See more »

National Capital District (Papua New Guinea)

The National Capital District of Papua New Guinea is the incorporated area around Port Moresby, which is the capital of Papua New Guinea.

New!!: Devolution and National Capital District (Papua New Guinea) · See more »

Nationalities and regions of Spain

Spain is a diverse country integrated by different contrasting entities that show varying economic and social structures, as well as different languages and historical, political and cultural traditions.

New!!: Devolution and Nationalities and regions of Spain · See more »

Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; Akamassiss; Newfoundland Irish: Talamh an Éisc agus Labradar) is the most easterly province of Canada.

New!!: Devolution and Newfoundland and Labrador · See more »

Niue

Niue (Niuean: Niuē) is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Zealand, east of Tonga, south of Samoa, and west of the Cook Islands.

New!!: Devolution and Niue · See more »

North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region

The North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region (Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Norte), sometimes shortened to RACN, or RACCN (for North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region), or RAAN (for its former name of Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte), is one of two autonomous regions in Nicaragua.

New!!: Devolution and North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region · See more »

North-West Mounted Police

The North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) was a Canadian police force, established in 1873 by the Prime Minister, Sir John Macdonald, to maintain order in the North-West Territories.

New!!: Devolution and North-West Mounted Police · See more »

Northern Ireland Assembly

The Northern Ireland Assembly (Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlan Assemblie) is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland.

New!!: Devolution and Northern Ireland Assembly · See more »

Northern Territory

The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT) is a federal Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia.

New!!: Devolution and Northern Territory · See more »

Northern Territory referendum, 1998

A referendum was held in the Northern Territory on Saturday, 3 October 1998, to decide whether the Territory should become a State of the Commonwealth of Australia.

New!!: Devolution and Northern Territory referendum, 1998 · See more »

Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories (NT or NWT; French: les Territoires du Nord-Ouest, TNO; Athabaskan languages: Denendeh; Inuinnaqtun: Nunatsiaq; Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ) is a federal territory of Canada.

New!!: Devolution and Northwest Territories · See more »

Nunavut

Nunavut (Inuktitut syllabics ᓄᓇᕗᑦ) is the newest, largest, and northernmost territory of Canada.

New!!: Devolution and Nunavut · See more »

Nunavut Land Claims Agreement

The Nunavut Land Claim Agreement was signed on May 25, 1993, in Iqaluit, by representatives of the Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut (now Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated), the Government of Canada and the Government of the Northwest Territories.

New!!: Devolution and Nunavut Land Claims Agreement · See more »

Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated

Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI; Inuktitut: Nunavut Tunngavik; Syllabics: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ) is the legal representative of the Inuit of Nunavut for the purposes of native treaty rights and treaty negotiation and one of the four regional members that make up the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami.

New!!: Devolution and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated · See more »

Occitania

Occitania (Occitània,,,, or) is the historical region and a nation, in southern Europe where Occitan was historically the main language spoken, and where it is sometimes still used, for the most part as a second language.

New!!: Devolution and Occitania · See more »

Ossetia

Ossetia (Ir, Iryston; Osetiya; ოსეთი, translit. Oseti) is an ethnolinguistic region located on both sides of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, largely inhabited by the Ossetians.

New!!: Devolution and Ossetia · See more »

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital city of Canada.

New!!: Devolution and Ottawa · See more »

Papua (province)

Papua is the largest and easternmost province of Indonesia, comprising most of Western New Guinea.

New!!: Devolution and Papua (province) · See more »

Parliament

In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government.

New!!: Devolution and Parliament · See more »

Prague

Prague (Praha, Prag) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, the 14th largest city in the European Union and also the historical capital of Bohemia.

New!!: Devolution and Prague · See more »

Prefectures of Japan

Japan is divided into 47, forming the first level of jurisdiction and administrative division.

New!!: Devolution and Prefectures of Japan · See more »

President of Mexico

The President of Mexico (Presidente de México), officially known as the President of the United Mexican States (Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos), is the head of state and government of Mexico.

New!!: Devolution and President of Mexico · See more »

Principle of conferral

The principle of conferral is a fundamental principle of European Union law.

New!!: Devolution and Principle of conferral · See more »

Provinces of Indonesia

The Provinces of Indonesia are the 34 largest subdivisions of the country and the highest tier of the local government (Daerah Tingkat I – level I region).

New!!: Devolution and Provinces of Indonesia · See more »

Provinces of South Africa

South Africa is divided into nine provinces.

New!!: Devolution and Provinces of South Africa · See more »

Provinces of Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, provinces (translit; translit) are the first level administrative division.

New!!: Devolution and Provinces of Sri Lanka · See more »

Provinces of the Netherlands

There are currently twelve provinces of the Netherlands, representing the administrative layer between the national government and the local municipalities, with responsibility for matters of subnational or regional importance.

New!!: Devolution and Provinces of the Netherlands · See more »

Provinces of the Solomon Islands

The Solomon Islands is divided into nine provinces.

New!!: Devolution and Provinces of the Solomon Islands · See more »

Referendum

A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal.

New!!: Devolution and Referendum · See more »

Regions of Chile

Chile is divided into 15 regions (in Spanish, regiones; singular región), which are the country's first-level administrative division.

New!!: Devolution and Regions of Chile · See more »

Regions of Denmark

The Regions of Denmark were created as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform.

New!!: Devolution and Regions of Denmark · See more »

Regions of Finland

Finland comprises 19 regions called maakunta in Finnish and landskap in Swedish.

New!!: Devolution and Regions of Finland · See more »

Regions of France

France is divided into 18 administrative regions (région), including 13 metropolitan regions and 5 overseas regions.

New!!: Devolution and Regions of France · See more »

Regions of Italy

The regions of Italy (Italian: regioni) are the first-level administrative divisions of Italy, constituting its second NUTS administrative level.

New!!: Devolution and Regions of Italy · See more »

Regions of New Zealand

New Zealand is divided into sixteen regions for local government purposes.

New!!: Devolution and Regions of New Zealand · See more »

Regions of Peru

The regions (regiones) of Peru are the first-level administrative subdivisions of Peru.

New!!: Devolution and Regions of Peru · See more »

Regions of Tajikistan

Tajikistan is divided into.

New!!: Devolution and Regions of Tajikistan · See more »

Regions of Tanzania

Tanzania is divided into thirty-one regions or mikoa.

New!!: Devolution and Regions of Tanzania · See more »

Regions of the Czech Republic

According to the Act no.

New!!: Devolution and Regions of the Czech Republic · See more »

Regions of Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan is divided into 13 regions (viloyatlar, singularviloyat, viloyati in compound, e.g. Toshkent viloyati), 1 autonomous republic (respublika, respublikasi in compound, e.g. Qaraqalpaqstan Avtonom Respublikasi), and 1 independent city (shahar or shahri in compounds, e.g. Toshkent shahri).

New!!: Devolution and Regions of Uzbekistan · See more »

Repeal

A repeal is the removal or reversal of a law.

New!!: Devolution and Repeal · See more »

Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995

The Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 (NT) was a controversial law legalising euthanasia in the Northern Territory, which was passed by the Parliament of the Northern Territory of Australia in 1995.

New!!: Devolution and Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 · See more »

Ross Dependency

The Ross Dependency is a region of Antarctica defined by a sector originating at the South Pole, passing along longitudes 160° east to 150° west, and terminating at latitude 60° south.

New!!: Devolution and Ross Dependency · See more »

Royal Commission on the Constitution (United Kingdom)

The Royal Commission on the Constitution, also referred to as the Kilbrandon Commission (initially the Crowther Commission) or Kilbrandon Report, was a long-running royal commission set up by Harold Wilson's Labour government to examine the structures of the constitution of the United Kingdom and the British Islands and the government of its constituent countries, and to consider whether any changes should be made to those structures.

New!!: Devolution and Royal Commission on the Constitution (United Kingdom) · See more »

Rupert's Land

Rupert's Land, or Prince Rupert's Land, was a territory in British North America comprising the Hudson Bay drainage basin, a territory in which a commercial monopoly was operated by the Hudson's Bay Company for 200 years from 1670 to 1870.

New!!: Devolution and Rupert's Land · See more »

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie and boreal province in western Canada, the only province without natural borders.

New!!: Devolution and Saskatchewan · See more »

Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

New!!: Devolution and Scotland · See more »

Scotland Act 2012

The Scotland Act 2012 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

New!!: Devolution and Scotland Act 2012 · See more »

Scotland Act 2016

The Scotland Act 2016 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

New!!: Devolution and Scotland Act 2016 · See more »

Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba; Scots: The Scots Pairlament) is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland.

New!!: Devolution and Scottish Parliament · See more »

Self-governance

Self-governance, self-government, or autonomy, is an abstract concept that applies to several scales of organization.

New!!: Devolution and Self-governance · See more »

Sint Maarten

Sint Maarten is an island country in the Caribbean.

New!!: Devolution and Sint Maarten · See more »

Smith Commission

The Smith Commission was announced by Prime Minister David Cameron on 19 September 2014 in the wake of the 'No' vote in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.

New!!: Devolution and Smith Commission · See more »

South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region

South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region (Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Sur), sometimes shortened to RACS, RACCS, or RAAS (for its former name of Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur), is one of two autonomous regions in Nicaragua.

New!!: Devolution and South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region · See more »

Sovereign state

A sovereign state is, in international law, a nonphysical juridical entity that is represented by one centralized government that has sovereignty over a geographic area.

New!!: Devolution and Sovereign state · See more »

Spain

Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

New!!: Devolution and Spain · See more »

Special Region of Yogyakarta

The Special Administrative Region of Yogyakarta (occasionally pronounced or; Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (DIY), or simply Yogyakarta) is a region of Republic of Indonesia in the middle of Java.

New!!: Devolution and Special Region of Yogyakarta · See more »

State of Mexico

The State of Mexico (Estado de México) is one of the 32 federal entities of Mexico.

New!!: Devolution and State of Mexico · See more »

States and territories of Australia

Australia (officially known as the Commonwealth of Australia) is a federation of six states, together with ten federal territories.

New!!: Devolution and States and territories of Australia · See more »

Statute

A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative authority that governs a city, state, or country.

New!!: Devolution and Statute · See more »

Subsidiarity

Subsidiarity is a principle of social organization that holds that social and political issues should be dealt with at the most immediate (or local) level that is consistent with their resolution.

New!!: Devolution and Subsidiarity · See more »

Territories of the United States

Territories of the United States are sub-national administrative divisions directly overseen by the United States (U.S.) federal government.

New!!: Devolution and Territories of the United States · See more »

Tiao-kuai

The tiao-kuai system, also known as tiáotiáo-kuàikuài (条条块块) to emphasize the plurality, describes the quasi-federal arrangement of administration in the People's Republic of China.

New!!: Devolution and Tiao-kuai · See more »

Tobago

Tobago is an autonomous island within the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

New!!: Devolution and Tobago · See more »

Tokelau

Tokelau (previously known as the Union Islands, and officially as Tokelau Islands until 1976;; lit. "north-northeast") is an island country and dependent territory of New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean.

New!!: Devolution and Tokelau · See more »

Transnistria

Transnistria, the self-proclaimed Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR; Приднестровская Молдавская Республика, ПМР; Republica Moldovenească Nistreană, RMN; Република Молдовеняскэ Нистрянэ; Придністровська Молдавська Республіка), and also called Transdniester, Trans-Dniestr, Transdniestria, or Pridnestrovie, is a non-recognized state which controls part of the geographical region Transnistria (the area between the Dniester river and Ukraine) and also the city of Bender and its surrounding localities on the west bank.

New!!: Devolution and Transnistria · See more »

Unitary state

A unitary state is a state governed as a single power in which the central government is ultimately supreme and any administrative divisions (sub-national units) exercise only the powers that the central government chooses to delegate.

New!!: Devolution and Unitary state · See more »

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

New!!: Devolution and United Kingdom · See more »

United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016

The United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, also known as the EU referendum and the Brexit referendum, took place on 23 June 2016 in the United Kingdom (UK) and Gibraltar to gauge support for the country either remaining a member of, or leaving, the European Union (EU) under the provisions of the European Union Referendum Act 2015 and also the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

New!!: Devolution and United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016 · See more »

United States Congress

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States.

New!!: Devolution and United States Congress · See more »

United States Constitution

The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States.

New!!: Devolution and United States Constitution · See more »

Vojvodina

Vojvodina (Serbian and Croatian: Vojvodina; Војводина; Pannonian Rusyn: Войводина; Vajdaság; Slovak and Czech: Vojvodina; Voivodina), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (Аутономна Покрајина Војводина / Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina; see Names in other languages), is an autonomous province of Serbia, located in the northern part of the country, in the Pannonian Plain.

New!!: Devolution and Vojvodina · See more »

Voluntary euthanasia

Voluntary euthanasia is the practice of ending a life in a painless manner.

New!!: Devolution and Voluntary euthanasia · See more »

Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

New!!: Devolution and Wales · See more »

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

New!!: Devolution and Washington, D.C. · See more »

West Lothian question

The West Lothian question, also known as the English question, refers to whether MPs from Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, sitting in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, should be able to vote on matters that affect only England, while MPs from England are unable to vote on matters that have been devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly.

New!!: Devolution and West Lothian question · See more »

West Papua (province)

West Papua (Papua Barat) is a province of Indonesia.

New!!: Devolution and West Papua (province) · See more »

Winnipeg

Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada.

New!!: Devolution and Winnipeg · See more »

World Bank Group

The World Bank Group (WBG) (Groupe de la Banque mondiale) is a family of five international organizations that make leveraged loans to developing countries.

New!!: Devolution and World Bank Group · See more »

Yellowknife

Yellowknife is the capital and only city, as well as the largest community, in the Northwest Territories (NT or NWT), Canada.

New!!: Devolution and Yellowknife · See more »

Yukon

Yukon (also commonly called the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three federal territories (the other two are the Northwest Territories and Nunavut).

New!!: Devolution and Yukon · See more »

Zanzibar

Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous region of Tanzania.

New!!: Devolution and Zanzibar · See more »

Redirects here:

Devolution (politics), Devolution government, Devolution issues, Devolution of power, Devolution of powers, Devolution of provincial powers, Devolution politics, Devolutionism, Devolve, Devolved, Devolved Administration, Devolved administration, Devolved governance, Devolved government, Devolved power, Devolved powers, Devolving, Devolving power, Home rule city, Home rule municipality, Home rule town, Irish devolution, Political devolution, Statutory municipality, Statutory town.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devolution

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »