Federalism and Political Performance - =Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science 16

Informationen zum Autor Ute Wachendorfer-Schmidt Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Federalism and Political Performance features a panel of international experts who compare the political performance of federal and non-federal states and evaluate the impact of different types of federation. 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

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• Authors: Wachendorfer-Sc, Ute Wachendorfer-Schmidt
• Assisted by: Ute Wachendorfer (Editor), Ute Wachendorfer-Schmidt (Editor), Wachendorfer-Schmidt Ute (Editor)
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.11.2000
• EAN: 9780415218108
• ISBN: 978-0-415-21810-8
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science; Routledge/ECPR Studies in Euro; Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Politics & government, Politics and government