Countries studied include the United States, Switzerland, Australia, Austria, and Germany as examples of developed industrial societies; India and Malaysia as examples of multilingual and multicultural federations; Belgium and Spain as examples of emerging federal systems that illustrate bicommunal and asymmetrical approaches; and Czechoslovakia and Pakistan as examples of bicommunal federations that have failed. Watts compares the interaction of social diversity and political institutions, distribution of powers and finances, processes contributing to flexibility or rigidity in adjustment, extent of internal symmetry or asymmetry, degree of centralization and decentralization, character of representation in federal institutions, role of constitutions and courts, provisions for constitutional rights and secession, and pathology in federations.
| ISBN: | 9781553391883 |
| Publication date: | 27th June 2008 |
| Author: | Ronald L Watts |
| Publisher: | Institute of Intergovernmental Relations an imprint of McGill-Queen's University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 205 pages |
| Series: | Queen's Policy Studies Series |
| Genres: |
Political structure and processes Regional, state and other local government |
Countries studied include the United States, Switzerland, Australia, Austria, and Germany as examples of developed industrial societies; India and Malaysia as examples of multilingual and multicultural federations; Belgium and Spain as examples of emerging federal systems that illustrate bicommunal and asymmetrical approaches; and Czechoslovakia and Pakistan as examples of bicommunal federations that have failed. Watts compares the interaction of social diversity and political institutions, distribution of powers and finances, processes contributing to flexibility or rigidity in adjustment, extent of internal symmetry or asymmetry, degree of centralization and decentralization, character of representation in federal institutions, role of constitutions and courts, provisions for constitutional rights and secession, and pathology in federations.
Comparing Federal Systems features in the following genres: Political structure and processes, Regional, state and other local government
Comparing Federal Systems is available in Paperback
Comparing Federal Systems was written by Ronald L Watts and published by Institute of Intergovernmental Relations an imprint of McGill-Queen's University Press
Comparing Federal Systems has 205 pages
Yes it is part of Queen's Policy Studies Series series
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