The united kingdom consists of england, scotland, wales, and northern ireland. Each has a degree of independent governmental power, but this power is only delegated by britain's central government. Provincial and local governments only have the powers granted to them by the central government and cannot challenge the legality of acts of parliament. based on this information, you can conclude that the united kingdom has a ___ government. a) autocratic b) confederal c) federal d) unitary

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Malachi Dunlap

22 March, 14:42

The united kingdom consists of england, scotland, wales, and northern ireland. Each has a degree of independent governmental power, but this power is only delegated by britain's central government. Provincial and local governments only have the powers granted to them by the central government and cannot challenge the legality of acts of parliament. based on this information, you can conclude that the united kingdom has a ___ government. a) autocratic b) confederal c) federal d) unitary

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Noah Morales · Answer 1

d) Unitary

Explanation:

A unitary state is ruled as a restricted strength in which the central government is finally paramount and any governmental units here (sub-national states) practice solely the authorities that the primary administration prefers to assign.

The preponderance of states in the world has a unitary system of power. From UN members countries, out of 193, 165 countries have a unitary system.

Unitary states are distinguished with federal states. In such states, the sub-national authorities distribute powers with the central government as same actors by a signed charter, to which the permission of both is needed to make alterations. This indicates that the sub-national systems have a right of occurrence and controls that cannot be unilaterally modified by the central government.