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Routledge Studies in Federalism and Decentralization


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The series publishes outstanding scholarship on federalism and decentralization, defined broadly, and is open to theoretical, empirical, philosophical, and historical works. The series includes two types of work: firstly, it features research monographs that are substantially based on primary research and make a significant original contribution to their field. Secondly, it contains works that address key issues of policy-relevant interest or summarise the research literature and provide a broad comparative coverage.

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Defensive Federalism Protecting Territorial Minorities from the

Defensive Federalism: Protecting Territorial Minorities from the "Tyranny of the Majority"

1st Edition

Forthcoming

Edited By Ferran Requejo, Marc Sanjaume-Calvet
May 27, 2024

Defensive Federalism presents an original contribution to the field of federalism and multinational democracies, exploring the concept of defensive federalism as a protection of self- government against the "tyranny of the majority". The empirical evidence on federal and regional polities often ...

Non-Territorial Autonomy and Decentralization Ethno-Cultural Diversity Governance

Non-Territorial Autonomy and Decentralization: Ethno-Cultural Diversity Governance

1st Edition

Edited By Tove H. Malloy, Levente Salat
May 06, 2022

This volume describes and analyzes alternative and emerging models of non-territorial autonomy (NTA), particularly in relation to decentralization. The authors push the NTA debate in new directions by offering a re-conceptualization based on ethno-cultural bottom-up decentralized action that ...

Comparative Federalism and Covid-19 Combating the Pandemic

Comparative Federalism and Covid-19: Combating the Pandemic

1st Edition

Edited By Nico Steytler
October 27, 2021

This comprehensive scholarly book on comparative federalism and the Covid-19 pandemic is written by some of the world’s leading federal scholars and national experts. The Covid-19 pandemic presented an unprecedented emergency for countries worldwide, including all those with a federal or ...

Federalism in Asia India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Nepal and Myanmar

Federalism in Asia: India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Nepal and Myanmar

2nd Edition

By Harihar Bhattacharyya
August 05, 2020

This comprehensive book critically analyzes the successes and failures of federalism in India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Nepal and Myanmar for the political accommodation of ethno-regional diversity and assesses their comparative democratic significance for other countries in Asia. This revised new ...

The End of the French Unitary State? Ten years of Regionalization in France 1982-1992

The End of the French Unitary State?: Ten years of Regionalization in France 1982-1992

1st Edition

Edited By John Loughlin, Sonia Mazey
April 01, 1995

In 1981, the newly elected socialist government of France announced a "vast programme of decentralization". The reforms have changed the politico-administrative landscape of France. This volume asks what changes - if any - occurred and looks at the implications for French public policy-making....

Swiss Federalism The Transformation of a Federal Model

Swiss Federalism: The Transformation of a Federal Model

1st Edition

By Adrian Vatter
December 09, 2019

The political and economic crisis of EU integration has made it increasingly apparent how challenging it is to bring together different sovereign cultures, languages and regions into a single political system. Switzerland – being one of the three classic federations in the world – can provide ...

Presidents, Governors, and the Politics of Distribution in Federal Democracies Primus Contra Pares in Argentina and Brazil

Presidents, Governors, and the Politics of Distribution in Federal Democracies: Primus Contra Pares in Argentina and Brazil

1st Edition

By Lucas I. González
February 05, 2018

Tensions between central authorities and subnational units over centralization and fiscal autonomy are on top of the political agenda in many developing federal countries. This book examines historical changes in the balance between the resources that presidents and governors control and the ...

Emerging Practices in Intergovernmental Functional Assignment

Emerging Practices in Intergovernmental Functional Assignment

1st Edition

By Gabriele Ferrazzi, Rainer Rohdewohld
June 01, 2017

Attaining the benefits of (especially fiscal) decentralization in government remains an enduring challenge, in part because the re-arrangement of public functions across levels of government has often been carried out poorly. This book aims to provide a firmer conceptual basis for the ...

Consolidation Policies in Federal States Conflicts and Solutions

Consolidation Policies in Federal States: Conflicts and Solutions

1st Edition

By Dietmar Braun, Christian Ruiz-Palmero, Johanna Schnabel
January 09, 2017

The Global Financial Crisis has led to a renewed attention for the management of public debt and deficits of advanced and developing industrial states. To successfully deal with such problems of public finances raises particular concerns in federal states where fiscal competencies are split between...

Ethnic Conflict in Asymmetric Federations Comparative Experience of the Former Soviet and Yugoslav Regions

Ethnic Conflict in Asymmetric Federations: Comparative Experience of the Former Soviet and Yugoslav Regions

1st Edition

By Gorana Grgić
January 04, 2017

In the last years of their existence, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) found themselves facing a similar and very grim state of affairs. After their disintegration, the former Yugoslav republics spiralled into a set of ethnic ...

Comparative Federalism and Intergovernmental Agreements Analyzing Australia, Canada, Germany, South Africa, Switzerland and the United States

Comparative Federalism and Intergovernmental Agreements: Analyzing Australia, Canada, Germany, South Africa, Switzerland and the United States

1st Edition

By Jeffrey Parker
November 10, 2016

Intergovernmental agreements are an important instrument in federal systems, establishing new social programs, regulating agricultural practices, and even changing constitutions. Despite their importance, there have only been limited attempts to understand agreements in a comparative context or to ...

Minority Nations in Multinational Federations A comparative study of Quebec and Wallonia

Minority Nations in Multinational Federations: A comparative study of Quebec and Wallonia

1st Edition

Edited By Min Reuchamps
November 10, 2016

Multinational federations rest on the coexistence of two or more nations within a single polity. Within these federations, minority nations play a significant role as their character differs from the other building blocks of the federation. This edited volume offers a comprehensive comparison of ...

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