Political Science Comparative Politics
Comparative Federalism
A Systematic Inquiry, Second Edition
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Initial publish date
- Aug 2015
- Category
- Comparative Politics, International, Democracy
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781442607842
- Publish Date
- Aug 2015
- List Price
- $108.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781442607224
- Publish Date
- Aug 2015
- List Price
- $54.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781551114101
- Publish Date
- Dec 2005
- List Price
- $42.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781442607248
- Publish Date
- Aug 2015
- List Price
- $35.95
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Description
Comparative Federalism: A Systematic Inquiry, Second Edition is a uniquely comprehensive, analytic, and genuinely comparative introduction to the principles and practices, as well as the institutional compromises, of federalism. Hueglin and Fenna draw from their diverse research on federal systems to focus on four main models—America, Canada, Germany, and the European Union—but also to range widely over other cases. At the heart of the book is careful analysis of the relationship between constitutional design and amendment, fiscal relations, institutional structures, intergovernmental relations, and judicial review. Such analysis serves the dual role of helping the reader understand federalism and providing a comparative framework from which to assess the record of federal systems.
The second edition has been extensively revised and updated, taking into account new developments in federal systems and incorporating insights from the growing body of literature in the field. It includes two new chapters, "Fiscal Federalism" and "The Limits of Federalism."
About the authors
Thomas O. Hueglin grew up in Germany and moved to Canada in 1983. He is a professor of political science at Wilfrid Laurier University. His most recent book publications are Comparative Federalism and Classical Debates for the Twenty-first Century: Rethinking Political Thought. He lives in New Dundee, Ontario.
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Alan Fenna is Professor of Politics at the John Curtin Institute of Public Policy, Curtin University, Western Australia. He is the author of a range of journal articles, book chapters, and reports on economic policy, social policy, constitutional issues, and federalism.