Research Agenda for Federalism Studies

Contents:

Introduction to A Research Agenda for Federalism Studies 1
John Kincaid
1 Federalism and political theory: a case of mutual neglect? 15
Thomas O. Hueglin
2 Federalism theory: the boundary problem, robustness and dynamics 27
Jenna Bednar
3 Federalism and constitutionalism: challenges presented by dominant
conceptions of the unitary state 39
Cheryl Saunders
4 Subnational constitutions: a research agenda 50
John Dinan
5 Federalism and courts: research avenues 61
Nicholas Aroney
6 What hope for comparative federalism? 76
Alan Fenna
7 The peregrinations of fiscal federalism: past, present and future of a
research agenda 93
Alice Valdesalici
8 De/centralization 106
Paolo Dardanelli
9 The gender-and-federalism research field: past, present and future 117
Jill Vickers
10 Federalism and diversity: a new research agenda 129
Alain-G. Gagnon and Arjun Tremblay
11 Federalism and nationalism 140
Andre Lecours
12 Federalism as a tool of conflict resolution 151
Soeren Keil
13 Federalism and the politics of shared rule 162
Sean Mueller
14 Non-centralism in Africa: in search of the federal idea 175
Nico Steytler
15 Federalism in Asia: beyond the diversity problematic 187
Harihar Bhattacharyya
16 Federalism and the European Union: asymmetry, policies and some
recurring federal dilemmas 198
Francesco Palermo

Index 209

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• Política e governo
• Regionais políticas governamentais
• Governo central
• Governo regional

Federalism; shared rule; self-rule; decentralization; constitutionalism; autonomy