Comparative Federalism

by Michael Burgess

A new examination of contemporary federalism and federation, which delivers a detailed theoretical study underpinned by fresh case studies. It is grounded in a clear distinction between 'federations', particular kinds of states, and 'federalism', the thinking that drives and promotes them. It also details the origins, formation, evolution and operations of federal political interests, through an authoritative series of chapters The final chapter also presents a definitive assessment of federal theory. This book will be of great interest to students and researchers of federalism, devolution, comparative politics and government.

Genres: Politics, Political Science

370 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Abule Racho]

In the two divide sections of this chapter the writer want to investigate how the meaning and represent of federalism and federation have changed in period. He want to show how these concepts have to be at the hands of leading historians, political scientists and actually in the mainstream Anglo-American literature. So as he said in These regard were first identified and discussed by interested observers well over a century ago and our imagine and orderly revise about comparative federalism will therefore examine the important early contributions before centralize upon the same intellectual debate. So with the relate to this issues the author mention it does not at the miss understanding through the belief of the many political scholar who have also disfigure with federalism as part of their own political dialogue in its place the author shall refer to them only in the size to which they have lower in the intellectual debate itself.