Federalism and Political Performance

Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-0-415-21810-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 575 g

Reihe: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

Federalism and Political Performance compares the political performance of federal and non-federal states and evaluates the impact of different types of federation. The contributors draw together focused case-studies to illustrate their arguments on a wide range of countries, including Russia, India, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Australia and Canada. A thorough and authoritative volume and a valuable resource for students and scholars of Comparative Politics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wachendorfer-Schmidt, Ute

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Staats- und Regierungsformen, Staatslehre
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Methodenlehre
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Ute Wachendorfer-Schmidt Federalism, democracy and ethnonational conflict 1. Federalism in Russia? Klaus von Beyme 2. The nation, state and the federal process in India Subrata K. Mitra 3. Spain: incomplete federalism Mireia Grau i Creus Federalism and policy making in advanced democracies 4. Collaborative federalism in Germany: keeping the system in the eye of the storm Ute Wachendorfer-Schmidt 5. Swiss federalism in comparative perspective Klaus Armingeon 6. When adversaries collaborate: conditional cooperation in Australia's arm's length federal polity Martin Painter 7. Federal constraints and regional integration in Canada Stephen Tomblin The comparative political economy of federalism and decentralization 8. Federalism, fiscal decentralization and economic performance Francis G. Castles 9. Federalism and policy performance: a conceptual and empirical inquiry Hans Keman 10. The impact of federalism and neocorporatism on economic performance: an analysis of eighteen OECD countries Thomas Lancaster and Alexander Hicks Conclusion Ute Wachendorfer-Schmidt

Über Autor(innen)

Ute Wachendorfer-Schmidt