Research Catalog

Title

Federalism and decentralization : perspectives for the transformation process in Eastern and Central Europe / Jügen Rose, Johannes Ch. Traut, editors.

Publication

Münster, Ger. : Lit Verlag ; New York : Palgrave, 2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Rose, Jürgen.
• Traut, Johannes Ch.
• George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies.

Description

vii, 372 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Alternative Title

Perspectives for the transformation process in Eastern and Central Europe

Subject

• Decentralization in government > Europe, Eastern > Case studies
• Decentralization in government > Europe, Central > Case studies
• Federal government > Europe, Eastern > Case studies
• Federal government > Europe, Central > Case studies
• Federal government > Case studies
• Decentralization in government
• Federal government
• Föderalismus
• Dezentralisation
• Systemtransformation
• Central Europe
• Eastern Europe
• Osteuropa
• Ostmitteleuropa
• Europa

Genre/Form

• Case studies
• Case studies.
• Études de cas.
• Aufsatzsammlung.

Note

• "George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-369).
• Includes internet resources.

Contents

Preface / Robert Kennedy -- Introduction: Federalism and Decentralization Perspectives for the Transformation Process in Eastern and Central Europe / Jurgen Rose -- Federalism as Political Philosophy / Johannes Ch. Traut -- Federalism and Decentralization in East and Central Europe / Jurgen Dieringer -- Western Models -- American Federalism as a Working System and as a Constitutional Model / Harry N. Scheiber -- Switzerland: Constitution of the Federal State and the Cantons / Thomas Fleiner -- The Practice of Federalism in Germany / Martin Grosse Huttmann -- Austrian Federalism / Peter Pernthaler -- Canadian Federalism: Idiosyncratic Characteristics, Evolution and Lessons Learned / James Ross Hurley -- Regionalism in the United Kingdom / L. Jim Sharpe -- Cultural, Ethnic and Economic Factors behind the Belgian Federalization Process / Gonzales d'Alcantara -- The Spanish "Autonomic State" / Maria Jesus Garcia Morales, Eduard Roig Moles -- Central and Eastern Europe -- Federalism and Regionalism in Central and Eastern Europe / Ivan Illes -- The Chances for Regionalism in Hungary / Ilona Palne Kovacs -- Processes of Democratization and Decentralization in Poland / Agnieszka Mync -- The Challenges of Ethnic Federalism: Experiences and Lessons of the Former Yugoslavia / Ilija G. Vujacic -- Former Soviet Union -- A Highly Centralized Union or a Weak Confederation? Prospects for Russian Federalism / Galina Valentinovna Kamenskaya.

ISBN

• 0312295898
• 9780312295899
• 3825851567
• 9783825851569

LCCN

2001055692

OCLC

• ocm48515992
• 48515992
• SCSB-1252454

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library