Includes bibliographical references and index. "The volume largely originates from papers presented at the international conference "Federalism as Decision-Making: Changes in Structures, Procedures and Policies" held between 11-13 September 2013 in the Italian Autonomous Province of Bolzano/Bozen (South Tyrol)."
Contents:
Introduction : the idea and the aim of this book / Elisabeth Alber and Francesco Palermo -- Multilevel governance and the reconfiguration of political space : theoretical considerations from a multinational perspective / Alain G. Gagnon -- The interdependence of federalism and democracy in Australia / Cheryl Saunders -- Political identity and American federalism / G. Alan Tarr -- Policy coercion and administrative cooperation in American federalism / John Kincaid -- 'Fragile federations' and the dynamics of devolution / Nico Steytler and Jaap de Visser -- The unsettled settlement : Scottish independence or United Kingdom devolution? / Michael Burgess -- Constitutional semantics and autonomy within Indian federalism / Ajay Kumar Singh -- Genesis of federalism, regional development, and regional policy of post-Soviet Russia / Viacheslav E. Seliverstov. Can we talk about federalism and federalization without co-governance? -- 'Participation' of the autonomous communities in Spanish central government decision-making / Merce Corretja Torrens and Mireia Grau Creus -- Intergovernmental relations in Australia : new modes, old realities / Alan Fenna and John Phillimore -- Intergovernmental decision-making in financial affairs in Germany : institutions, formal and informal rules, and peculiarities / Gisela Farber -- Fiscal federalism and federal decisions : the case of Argentina and its evolution in the last two decades / Miguel Angel Asensio -- Multilevel governance of immigration : an emerging trend for Europe to follow? / Karl Kossler -- Challenging institutional models : the case of environmental protection and management / Mariachiara Alberton and Francesco Palermo. 'South Africa inc.' : the rise of the developmental state and the corporatization of intergovernmental relations / Derek Powell and Phindile Ntliziywana -- Benchmarking as a new mode of coordination in federal systems / Alan Fenna and Felix Knupling -- Federalism as decision-making : security structures, procedures and policies / Christian Leuprecht, Mario Kolling and Todd Hataley -- Regionalization in central and eastern Europe : limits and perspectives of an externally driven process / Sara Parolari and Martina Trettel -- Varieties of decentralization, institutional complementarities, and economic growth : evidence in OECD countries / Andrea Filippetti and Agnese Sacchi -- Participatory initiatives and new instruments of direct democracy in Austrian federalism / Peter Bussjäger -- Theoretical framework and constitutional implications : participatory democracy as decision-making in multilayered Italy / Matteo Nicolini -- Framing subnational 'institutional innovation' and 'participatory democracy' in Italy : some findings on current structures, procedures, and dynamics / Elisabeth Alber and Alice Valdesalici -- Subnational institutional innovation and participatory democracy : the case of Switzerland / Nicolas Schmitt -- Regulating pluralism : federalism as decision-making and new challenges for federal studies / Francesco Palermo.
Series:
Studies in territorial and cultural diversity governance, 2213-2570 ; volume 3
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