Comparative Federalism and Federation: Competing Traditions and Future Directions - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802069657 ISBN 13: 9780802069658

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 1993

Synopsis

The resurgence of interest in federalism in recent years on both sides of the Atlantic has renewed the long-standing debate about the meaning an the relevance of the federal principle.

Comparative Federalism and Federation addresses this debate by bringing together theexpertise of a number of internationally renowned scholats to provide a comparative and analytical survey of the study of federalism and federation.

In a wide-ranging theoretical and empirical survey, the book investigates both the Anglo-American and European federal traditions. It is divided into three main parts. The first considers the concepts of federalism and federation; the second provides the perspectives necessary for comparitive analysis. This theoetical framework is illustrated in the third section by a number of case studies which look in detail at different 'traditions' of federalism (European, American, Canadian, Australian) and a number of country-specific cases (The Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland).

Comparative Federalism and Federation provides and timely and valuable analysis of this important political concept for students and researchers of comparative and international politics.

About this title

About the Author

Alain-G. Gagnon is Canada Research Chair in Quebec and Canadian Studies and professor in the Department of Political Science at the Université du Québec à Montréal.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802069657
• ISBN 13: 9780802069658
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 250
• Editor: Burgess Michael, Gagnon Alain-G.