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in Italy, Spain and Belgium have pressed for more regional autonomy. According to Steiner, the basic impetus for the movement toward greater decentralization and federalization reflects "the wish of citizens to bring political power closer to the grass roots level" (114). The European Union is largely organized along federal lines.

2. Constitutional Structure. In the United States, the framers of the Constitution established a system of separation of powers wi

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