UNDERSTANDING FEDERALISM AND FEDERATION
Federalism Studies
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The end of the Cold War profoundly altered the dynamics between and within the various states in Europe and the rest of the World, resulting in a resurgence of interest in the concept of federalism. This shift in balance has been further fuelled by the increase in the number of conflicts arising from the disaffection of the diverse ethnic or religious minorities residing within these states (e.g. Sudan, Iraq). Globalization is forcing governments not only to work together, but also to reconsider their internal roles as guarantors of economic growth, with regions playing the major part.
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Understanding Federalism and Federation
Edited by
ALAIN-G. GAGNON
Universit du Qubec Montral, Canada
SOEREN KEIL
Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
SEAN MUELLER
University of Berne, Switzerland
First published 2015 by Ashgate Publishing
Published 2016 by Routledge
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Gagnon, Alain.
Understanding federalism and federation / by Alain-G. Gagnon, Soeren Keil and Sean Mueller.
pages cm. -- (Federalism studies)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4724-3389-3 (hardback) -- ISBN 978-1-3155-4921-7 (ebook) 1. Federal government. 2. Comparative government. I. Keil, Soeren. II. Mueller, Sean. III. Title.
JC355.G327 2015
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2015000871
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Contents
Alain-G. Gagnon, Soeren Keil and Sean Mueller
Ronald L. Watts
Frdric Lpine
John Kincaid
G. Alan Tarr
Jan Erk
Sean Mueller
Luc Turgeon and Richard Simeon
Alain-G. Gagnon
Ferran Requejo
Michael Keating
Karl Cordell
Soeren Keil and Simon Bransden
Amy Verdun
Rudolf Hrbek
Michael Burgess
List of Figures and Tables
Figures
Tables
Notes on Contributors
Simon Bransden is a PhD candidate at Canterbury Christ Church University, Kent, UK, where he is working on a thesis examining the dynamics of federalism in times of crisis in federal polities.
Michael Burgess is Professor of Federal Studies at the Centre for Federal Studies, School of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent, UK. He has published widely on comparative federalism, European integration and constitutional politics in Canada. His latest publication is In Search of the Federal Spirit (Oxford University Press, 2012).
Karl Cordell is Professor of Politics at Plymouth University. He has published extensively on German politics: GermanPolish relations, German minorities in post-Communist Europe, the politics of ethnicity in Europe and conflict resolution. He is the co-editor of Ethnopolitics and Civil Wars, both published by Taylor and Francis. He is also co-chair of the UKs Political Studies Association Specialist Group on Ethnic Politics.
Jan Erk teaches at Leiden University in the Netherlands. His work has appeared in the journals Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Comparative European Politics, Current History, Publius, Journal of Common Market Studies, Nations and Nationalism, West European Politics, Regional and Federal Studies, Canadian Journal of Political Science, Journal of Public Policy, Journal of Democracy, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Public Administration and Political Quarterly. He is the co-editor of the journal Regional and Federal Studies.
Murray Forsyth is Professor Emeritus of Politics at the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. Amongst his many publications, one of the most influential was his Unions of States: The Theory and Practice of Confederation, which was published in 1981 with Leicester University Press.
Alain-G. Gagnon is Canada Research Chair in Quebec and Canadian Studies and Professor of Political Science, Universit du Qubec Montral. A member of the Royal Society of Canada, Gagnons research and writing has concentrated on Quebec and Canadian politics, with a special emphasis on multinational federalism, nationalism, identity politics and party politics. He has explored normative approaches and theories to better account for federal societies in the Western world. Gagnon is the author of The Case for Multinational Federalism (2010) and Minority Nations in the Age of Uncertainty: New Paths to National Emancipation and Empowerment (2014). These two books have been translated into over 10 languages.
Rudolf Hrbek is Professor Emeritus at the University of Tbingen (Institute of Political Science), Speaker of the European Center for Research on Federalism (EZFF) and, since 2000, responsible for editing the
