Comparative federalism and federation : competing traditions and future directions
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Comparative federalism and federation : competing traditions and future directions
Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1993
- : hard
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
-
: hard ISBN 9780745013008
Description
This collection of essays addresses the meaning and relevance of the federal principle in the context of late 20th-century political change. The federal traditions of Christian democracy, Protestantism, Germany, Switzerland, Australia, Canada and the United States are examined.
Table of Contents
- Building on traditions and transitions. Part 1 Concepts of federalism and federation: the political uses of federalism
- the new European federalism
- the idea and the achievements. Part 2 Perspectives for comparative analysis - structures, processes and the federal factor: problems of complexity and entanglement in federations
- federation and representation
- federalism as political ideology - interests, benefits and beneficiaries in federalism and federation. Part 3 Competing traditions - case studies: the European tradition of federalism - the Protestant dimension
- the European tradition of federalism - Christian democracy and federalism
- cantonalism - federation and confederacy in the golden epoch of Switzerland
- the quest for a federal future - German unity and European union
- the American tradition - federalism in the United States
- whither Canadian federalism? - alternative constitutional futures
- the Australian tradition of federalism
- competing traditions and future directions.
- Volume
-
: pbk ISBN 9780745013015
Description
This collection of essays addresses the meaning and relevance of the federal principle in the context of late 20th century political change. The federal traditions of Christian democracy, Protestantism, Germany, Switzerland, Australia, Canada and the United States are examined.
Table of Contents
- Building on traditions and transitions. Part 1 Concepts of federalism and federation: the political uses of federalism
- the new European federalism
- the idea and the achievements. Part 2 Perspectives for comparative analysis - structures, processes and the federal factor: problems of complexity and entanglement in federations
- federation and representation
- federalism as political ideology - interests, benefits and beneficiaries in federalism and federation. Part 3 Competing traditions - case studies: the European tradition of federalism - the Protestant dimension
- the European tradition of federalism - Christian democracy and federalism
- cantonalism - federation and confederacy in the golden epoch of Switzerland
- the quest for a federal future - German unity and European union
- the American tradition - federalism in the United States
- whither Canadian federalism? - alternative constitutional futures
- the Australian tradition of federalism
- competing traditions and future directions.
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