Question

What is the difference between federal and Democratic form of government?

Answer 1

A federal government need not be democratic. For example:Federal Monarchy.(UK) A democracy need not to be federal for example:Direct democracy (which is practiced in Switzerland) FYI there are 21 types of governments having democratic attributes:Different Types of Democracy and Federal democracy is one of them. There are 2 categories of federalism also: Symmetric federalism (US follow symmetric federalism) Symmetric federalism refers to a federal system of government in which each constituent state to the federation possess equal powers. In a symmetric federalism no distinction is made between constituent states Asymmetric federalism(India follow symmetric federalism) Asymmetric federalism or asymmetrical federalism is found in a federation or confederation in which different constituent states possess different powers: one or more of the states has considerably more autonomy than the other substates, although they have the same constitutional status