Comparative Federalism: A Systematic InquiryBroadview Press, 2006 - 390 páginas Comparative Federalism: A Systematic Inquiry is a uniquely comprehensive, analytic, genuinely comparative, and detailed introduction to the study of federalism in theory and practice. Thomas Hueglin and Alan Fenna draw from their diverse research on federal systems to argue that federalism is increasingly important for democratic governance and conflict management in a globalizing world. They discuss the meaning of federal principles and institutional compromise in the organization of federal systems and then introduce four main model federal systems: America, Canada, Germany, and the European Union. But they don't stop there--they also offer an exploration of federal systems that vary from the four main models, including Switzerland, Australia, Belgium, South Africa, and Spain. The book also compares federal systems through an examination of the differing European and North American traditions in the history of federal thought. Institutional features of federal systems are evaluated, as are the crucial role that constitutional amendment and judicial review play for the stability and evolutionary dynamic of federal systems. This book serves the dual role of helping the reader understand federalism and providing a comparative framework from which to assess the record of federal systems. |
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... adopted the American model of second chamber representation when Switzerland changed from confederal to federal governance in the nineteenth century . Swiss federalism then evolved as a mix of American constitutionalism , direct ...
... adoption of QMV . The member states agreed that unanimity should prevail despite treaty stipulations whenever a member state declared a decision to be of par- amount national interest . Since 1985 and the adoption of the Single European ...
... adopted by the designers of the new South African federal constitution . Most other federal systems have more or less replicated the American senate model . This is also so in the case of Switzerland , even though the Swiss second ...
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 9 |
Federalism and Globalization | 16 |
Federalism and Multinational Conflict Management | 24 |
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