Format:
Online-Ressource (327 p)
ISBN:
9780582225787
Content:
This book provides a comprehensive and detailed examination of the successes and failures of federalism in a diverse range of multi-ethnic polities and societies.It offers excellent coverage of the experiences of a wide range of contemporary states with specially commissioned contributions from established authorities.An introductory chapter introduces the reader to the nature of federations, the political philosophies that underpin federalism, the characteristics of federal formations, and highlights some of the theories as to why this system of government has failed in some cases to provide
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; List of Maps and Diagrams; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Chapter one Mapping the Federal Condition: Ideology, Political Practice and Social Justice; Part I: Federations in Crisis?; Chapter two A Requiem for Canada?; Chapter three Belgium''s Regional Divergence: Along the Road to Federation; Chapter four Federalism, Hindu Nationalism and Mythologies of Governance in Modern India; Chapter five Ethnicity and Territorial Politics in Nigeria; Part II: The Break-Up of Socialist Federations
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Chapter six Federation, Defederation and Refederation: from the Soviet Union to Russian StatehoodChapter seven Yugoslavia: Politics, Federation, Nation; Chapter eight Czechoslovakia: the Disintegration of a Binational State; Part III: Federations in the Making?; Chapter nine Spain: a Federation in the Making?; Chapter ten Federalism and the Transformation of the South African State; Chapter eleven Arrested Federalisation? Europe, Britain, Ireland; Chapter twelve Postscript: Federalism in the Post-Cold War Era; Index
Additional Edition:
9781317893097
Additional Edition:
Print version Federalism : The Multiethnic Challenge
Language:
English
Keywords:
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