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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... individuals rather than groups or communities are the bearers of rights and duties and that individual liberty is the primary objective of policy . Federalism presents an alternative to that principle by giving status to communities ...
... individual property rights . The main source of political conflict is the tendency toward " faction " arising from ... individuals , or of the minority , will be in little danger from interested combinations of the majority . " 27 This ...
... individual choices . To that end , the Community should " employ directives which stipulate results , while leaving ... individuals . ” 34 Necessity , in other words , appears to guide Community action towards the provision of a common ...
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 9 |
Federalism and Globalization | 16 |
Federalism and Multinational Conflict Management | 24 |
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