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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... citizens must establish which level of gov- ernment to go to for any particular public service , German citizens have no such need . With few exceptions , German federalism involves only one strand of public administration . Nearly all ...
... citizen , or group of citizens , can propose a specific constitutional amendment . If this initiative is supported by 100,000 signatures , Parliament has two options . It can either put the question to a constitutional referendum as is ...
... citizens to choose to a much greater degree the kind of community they wish to live in than they would be able to in a unitary state . Market - preserving Federalism Another argument for maximizing local autonomy reflects a more spe ...
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 9 |
Federalism and Globalization | 16 |
Federalism and Multinational Conflict Management | 24 |
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