Research Catalog

Title

Comparing federal systems / Ronald L. Watts.

Author

Watts, Ronald L. (Ronald Lampman)

Publication

Montréal : Published for the School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, McGill-Queen's University Press, c2008.

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Additional Authors

• Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Institute of Intergovernmental Relations
• Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). School of Policy Studies

Description

xvi, 205 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"In this updated and extensively revised third edition, Ronald Watts provides a clear analysis of the design and operation of a wide range of federations. There is much that can he learned from the experience of federal systems throughout the world. At present there are 25 functioning federations in the world (containing over 40 percent of the world's population). A distinctive feature of the popularity of federalism in the contemporary world is that its application has taken a variety of forms and has included some new variants and innovations."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Queen's policy studies

Subject

• Federal government
• Comparative government

Note

• "Institute of Intergovernmental Relations".

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references: p. [199]-205.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Overview of Contemporary Federations -- Formation of Federations -- Constituent Units -- Distribution of Authority in Federations -- Distribution of Finances -- Intergovernmental Relations -- Symmetry and Asymmetry in Federations -- Multilevel Federal Systems -- Representative Institutions of Federal Governments -- Constitutional Supremacy in Federations -- Degrees of Decentralization and Non-Centralization in Federations -- Pathology of Federations -- Conclusions.

ISBN

• 9781553391883
• 1553391888

LCCN

^^2008428940

OCLC

• 192053161
• SCSB-10791628

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library