The principle or system of confederation; the advocacy for confederated political structures.
From confederate + -ism (a system or practice). Variant of confederationism with slightly different formation.
Confederatism as a theory emphasizes that large political entities should be built from the bottom up—free states choosing to unite—rather than top-down, which made it powerfully appealing to revolutionary thinkers.
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