Routledge Handbook of Regionalism & Federalism

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-58187-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 640 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1218 g

Almost all states are either federal or regionalized in some sense. It is difficult to find a state that is entirely unitary and the Routledge Handbook of Regionalism and Federalism necessarily takes in almost the entire world. Both federalism and regionalism have been subjects of a vast academic literature mainly from political science but sometimes also from history, economics, and geography. This cutting edge examination seeks to evaluate the two types of state organization from the perspective of political science producing a work that is analytical rather than simply descriptive.

The Handbook presents some of the latest theoretical reflections on regionalism and federalism and then moves on to discuss cases of both regionalism and federalism in key countries chosen from the world’s macro-regions. Assembling this wide range of case studies allows the book to present a general picture of current trends in territorial governance. The final chapters then examine failed federations such as Czechoslovakia and examples of transnational regionalism - the EU, NAFTA and the African Union.

Covering evolving forms of federalism and regionalism in all parts of the world and featuring a comprehensive range of case studies by leading international scholars this work will be an essential reference source for all students and scholars of international politics, comparative politics and international relations.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Loughlin, John

Kincaid, John

Swenden, Wilfried

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Theoretical and Comparative Approaches to Federalism and Regionalism1. Reconfiguring the State: Hybridity vs. Uniformity, John Loughlin2. Typologies of Federalism, Ronald L. Watts3. Plurinational Federalism and Political Theory, Ferran Requejo4. The penumbra of federalism: a conceptual reappraisal of federalism, federation, confederation and federal political system, Michael Burgess5. Territorial Strategies for Managing Plurinational States, Wilfried Swenden6. Federalism, Regionalism and the Dynamics of Party Politics, Eve Hepburn and Klaus Detterbeck7. Fiscal Federalism and the Political Economy of Territorial Finance, Anwar Shah8. Federalism and Public Policy: Do Federalism, Regionalism and Hybridity make any difference? – Evidence from Environmental Policy, Sonja Wälti9. The New Regionalism and the Politics of the Regional Question, John Agnew10. Economic Regionalism in Federal and Hybrid Systems of Government, Pieter van HoutenPart 2: Case Studies by RegionNorth America11. The United States of America: From Dualistic Simplicity to Centralized Complexity, John Kincaid12. Canada: Federal Adaptation and the Limits of Hybridity, James Bickerton and Alain G. Gagnon13. Mexico: From Centralized Authoritarianism to Disarticulated Democracy? Steven T. WuhsEurope14. The Belgian Federation: A Labyrinth State, Kris Deschouwer15. Germany: Federalism under Unitary Pressure, Arthur Benz and Jörg Broschek16. Austria: A Federal, a Decentralized Unitary or a ‘Hybrid’ State? Relations between the Welfare State and the Federal State after 1945, Franz Fallend17. Switzerland: Euro

Über Autor(innen)

John Loughlin is a Professor and Fellow of St Edmund’s College, Cambridge, and a Senior Fellow and Affiliated Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Studies in the University of Cambridge, UK.

John Kincaid is the Robert B. and Helen S. Meyner Professor of Government and Public Service and Director of the Meyner Center for the Study of State and Local Government at Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, USA.

Wilfried Swenden is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.