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Comparative Federalism

A Systematic Inquiry, Second Edition

by (author) Thomas O. Hueglin & Alan Fenna

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Aug 2015
Category
Comparative Politics, International, Democracy
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781442607842
    Publish Date
    Aug 2015
    List Price
    $108.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781442607224
    Publish Date
    Aug 2015
    List Price
    $54.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781551114101
    Publish Date
    Dec 2005
    List Price
    $42.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442607248
    Publish Date
    Aug 2015
    List Price
    $35.95

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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.

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