Concept of Federalism and its Development in Indian and US Politics

Abstract

No system of the governance in the world can be properly understood without reference to the context and circumstances in which it was created.  Inevitably, every system changes and adapts as it carries forward into use and abuse. A federal design is one which has applied by almost half of the world countries accordingly to meet their basic needs and circumstances. A federal polity involves the binding partnership as well as give and take policy between the central and its federal constituents. Being the largest democratic countries in the world, both India and US are based on federalism in their political structure, while both are modern federal countries and are different in their federal structure as well as in political development. The concept of federalism has taken many stages from its inception in these two countries. The considered paper is dealing with these stages of federalism and how this concept was applied and developed in both India and US politics.