Understanding Federalism and Federation

Abstract

Contents: Preface, Murray Forsyth Introduction, Alain-G. Gagnon, Soeren Keil and Sean Mueller. Part I Evolving Federal Traditions and Federal Systems: Comparing federal political systems, Ronald L. Watts Federalism: essence, values and ideologies, Frederic Lepine. Part II Charting Federalism and Federations: George W. Bush and the spirit of coercive federalism, John Kincaid In search of constitutional federalism: American perspectives, G. Alan Tarr Still in search of the federal spirit: the US Supreme Court and federalism, Jan Erk Switzerland: federalism as an ideology of balance, Sean Mueller Ideology, political economy and federalism: the welfare state and the evolution of the Australian and Canadian federations, Luc Turgeon and Richard Simeon Constitutionalism, empowerment and multinational federalism, Alain-G. Gagnon National pluralism, recognition, federalism and secession (or Hegel was a clever guy), Ferran Requejo Why no federalism in the United Kingdom?, Michael Keating Poland's German minority: accommodation in the absence of federalism, Karl Cordell. Part III The European Union: The European Union as a federal project, Soeren Keil and Simon Bransden Federalism in the EU and Canada, Amy Verdun 'Federal Europe': unfinished and incomplete, but growing and further evolving, Rudolf Hrbek Conclusion: understanding federalism and federation: my magnificent obsession, Michael Burgess. Index.