Federalism is a political philosophy which advocates that relations between states should be conducted under the rule of law and that different types of political issues need different institutions to deal with them. It is also a system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units.
A main principle of federalism is that of subsidiarity, that matters ought to be handled by the lowest least centralised unit or institution possible.
Federalism can be enacted at a regional, national, supranational or global level. The European Union is a form of federal government.
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Photograph of a meeting of the Federal Union, featuring C.E.M. Joad, Konni Zillacus and Barbara Wootton, c1940. Copyright of the Federal Union. (FEDERAL TRUST/D/2)
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"Wake Up and Face It", a leaflet by Sir Richard Acland, regarding Adolf Hitler and the invasion of Europe, 15 June 1940. Copyright of the Federal Union. (FEDERAL TRUST/A/1/33)
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"The Ending of Armageddon", a pamphlet by Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian, published by the Federal Union, 1939. Copyright of the Federal Union. (FEDERAL TRUST/D/2)
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Cover of 'World Affairs Magazine', published by the Federal Union, 1959. Copyright of the Federal Union. (FEDERAL TRUST/B/8/5)
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Patrick Ransome
Patrick Ransome was a freelance journalist and lawyer, who founded the Federal Union movement along with Derek Rawnsley and Charles Kimber in 1937.
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Photograph of Patrick Ransome, co-founder of the Federal Union, 25 January 1940. Copyright of Cambridgeshire Collection, Cambridgeshire Central Library. (FEDERAL TRUST/D/2)
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