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The government of federal capitals /
Every federal country faces a difficult problem in deciding how its national capital should be governed because of the complex conflicts of interest. This volume fills a serious gap in the literature on comparative federalism. It draws together essays by experts on each of the seventeen countries wi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Toronto] :
University of Toronto Press,
[1973]
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| Colección: | Heritage.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Contributors; Introduction; A note on metric measures and currency units; I Capitals in federal districts; A Capitals without self-government; 1 Brasilia, by Diogo Lordello de Mello; Brazil's federal system; Rio de Janeiro as the federal capital; Why Brasilia?; Brasilia's local government; Brasilia today; 2 Buenos Aires, by Carlos Mouchet; History and background; Government of the federal district; Local services and finances; Urban planning; The principal problems; 3 Canberra, by Ruth Atkins; Canberra's characteristics; Constitutional background; The founding of the capital
- Canberra's early development and governmentDevelopment and government since 1958; Prospects for self-government; Conclusions; 4 Mexico City, by Gonzalo Martínez Corbalá; Government of the federal district; Politics and political problems; Finances; Planning; Problems of government; Conclusions; 5 Washington, by Royce Hanson and Bernard H. Ross; The development of the capital; The District's constitutional status; Federal interest and the national capital area; The system of local government; The "ungovernment" of the national capital; B Capitals with some self-government
- 6 Caracas, by Allan-Randolph Brewer-CariasBackground; Historical review; Government of the federal district; Finances; Parties and politics; The metropolitan area; 7 Delhi, by L.M. Singhvi; Transfer of the capital from Calcutta; The chief commissionership of Delhi; The core of the capital; Delhi's population; Evolution of Delhi's government; The Delhi municipal corporation; Towards limited self-government; II Capitals not in federal districts; A Capitals as states; 8 Lagos, by Annmarie Hauck Walsh and Samuel Humes; Constitutional history; Political background; Development problems
- Government of Lagos as a federal territoryGovernment of Lagos as a state; 9 Vienna, by Herbert Haller; History; The legal situation; The political situation; The functions and problems of Vienna; Cultural affairs; Conclusion; B Capitals in relatively centralized federations; 10 Belgrade, by Miodrag Jovicic; Nature of the federation; The government of Belgrade; Finances; Economic and social planning; A federal district?; 11 Islamabad, by Muhammad Swaleh; Historical background; The new capital; The second capital; 12 Kuala Lumpur, by David Harner; The capital and the nation
- The Federal Capital Act of 1960Local government in Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur under federal control; Future problems; 13 Moscow, by Maurice Hookham; Location and history; Moscow's local government; Finances; Planning; Intergovernmental relations; 14 Yaoundé, by H.N.A. Enonchong; History and background; The constitutional setting; The municipality of Yaoundé; Control of the municipality; Social characteristics; Future prospects; C Capitals in decentralized federations; 15 Bern, by Hermann Boeschenstein; The seat of government in history; The local government; Present federal-city relations