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Federalism as decision-making : changes in structures, procedures and policies /

Accounting for participation, separation of powers and democratic accountability, federalism gains momentum in times when traditional democratic legitimacy of institutional decision-making is challenged. Its ability to include multiple interests makes federalism a means to ensure good governance. Ba...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Palermo, Francesco (Editor ), Alber, Elisabeth (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill Nijhoff, [2015]
Colección:Studies in territorial and cultural diversity governance ; Volume 3.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction : the idea and the aim of this book / Elisabeth Alber and Francesco Palermo
  • Multilevel governance and the reconfiguration of political space : theoretical considerations from a multinational perspective / Alain G. Gagnon
  • The interdependence of federalism and democracy in Australia / Cheryl Saunders
  • Political identity and American federalism / G. Alan Tarr
  • Policy coercion and administrative cooperation in American federalism / John Kincaid
  • 'Fragile federations' and the dynamics of devolution / Nico Steytler and Jaap de Visser
  • The unsettled settlement : Scottish independence or United Kingdom devolution? / Michael Burgess
  • Constitutional semantics and autonomy within Indian federalism / Ajay Kumar Singh
  • Genesis of federalism, regional development, and regional policy of post-Soviet Russia / Viacheslav E. Seliverstov
  • Can we talk about federalism and federalization without co-governance? : 'participation' of the autonomous communities in Spanish central government decision-making / Merce Corretja Torrens and Mireia Grau Creus
  • Intergovernmental relations in Australia : new modes, old realities / Alan Fenna and John Phillimore
  • Intergovernmental decision-making in financial affairs in Germany : institutions, formal and informal rules, and peculiarities / Gisela Farber
  • Fiscal federalism and federal decisions : the case of Argentina and its evolution in the last two decades / Miguel Angel Asensio
  • Multilevel governance of immigration : an emerging trend for Europe to follow? / Karl Kossler
  • Challenging institutional models : the case of environmental protection and management / Mariachiara Alberton and Francesco Palermo
  • 'South Africa inc.' : the rise of the developmental state and the corporatization of intergovernmental relations / Derek Powell and Phindile Ntliziywana
  • Benchmarking as a new mode of coordination in federal systems / Alan Fenna and Felix Knupling
  • Federalism as decision-making : security structures, procedures and policies / Christian Leuprecht, Mario Kolling and Todd Hataley
  • Regionalization in central and eastern Europe : limits and perspectives of an externally driven process / Sara Parolari and Martina Trettel
  • Varieties of decentralization, institutional complementarities, and economic growth : evidence in OECD countries / Andrea Filippetti and Agnese Sacchi
  • Participatory initiatives and new instruments of direct democracy in Austrian federalism / Peter Bussjäger
  • Theoretical framework and constitutional implications : participatory democracy as decision-making in multilayered Italy / Matteo Nicolini
  • Framing subnational 'institutional innovation' and 'participatory democracy' in Italy : some findings on current structures, procedures, and dynamics / Elisabeth Alber and Alice Valdesalici
  • Subnational institutional innovation and participatory democracy : the case of Switzerland / Nicolas Schmitt
  • Regulating pluralism : federalism as decision-making and new challenges for federal studies / Francesco Palermo.