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This book explores the challenges, opportunities, and trends impacting the working of federations in South Asia and Europe. It deliberates on the changing socio-economic realities, challenges facing the existing structures of governance, degrees of consociationalism, and the growing aspirations of people in South Asia and Europe.
Through case studies from Greece, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, France, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Maldives, Bhutan, and India, the volume focuses on critical issues relating to cooperative federalism - its complexities, institutional dilemmas, and trends in South Asia and Europe. It discusses a variety of themes relevant to Cooperative Federalism including federal-state relations; cooperative governance; constitution; multiculturalism, fiscal relations, democratization, devolution of powers, consociationalism, and global citizenship in South Asia and Europe. The book further emphasizes the need to strike a balance between the federal government and the constituent units in these two regions.
Topical and lucid, this book will be of interest to teachers, scholars, and researchers of political science, comparative government and politics, federalism, South Asian politics, European politics, governance studies, and political studies.
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MJ Vinod is Professor in the Department of International Studies, Political Science and History in CHRIST (deemed-to-be) University, Bangalore, India.
Stefy V Joseph is Assistant Professor in the Department of International Studies, Political Science and History at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India.
Joseph Chacko Chennatuserry is the Vice Chancellor of CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Bangalore, India and Professor of History in the Department of International Studies, Political Science and History.
Dimitris N. Chryssochoou is Professor of Theory and Institutions of European Integration in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
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This book explores challenges, opportunities, and trends impacting the working of federations in South Asia and Europe. It deliberates on the changing socio-economic realities, challenges facing existing structures of governance, degrees of consociationalism, and the growing aspirations of people.
