0 a group of organizations, countries, regions, etc. that have joined together to form a larger organization or government -- 同盟，聯盟；聯邦
Due to the federation's lack of responsibility in the field of social insurance, the legislation process in the field of social policy was split into two stages.
Minorities erupted all over the country, demanding amongst other things an end to marginalisation, local political autonomy, rights to self-determination and a greater share of the federation's resources.
Agents are first partitioned into federations, called sectors, where membership is based on their geographic proximity.
Since the federation's policies were vetoed, the central government, as well as the cantons, began to subsidise the social security programmes of these private carriers.
The transfer partly substitutes the automatic stabilization that the federal government budget provides in more mature fiscal federations.
At regional plenums only delegates from the different local or provincial federations attended, while at national plenums delegates from the regional committees attended.
Overall, the workings of many of the provincial federations would appear to have been very irregular and at times totally chaotic.
He was chie-y responsible for the federation's journal, ®rst published in 1898.
