The Value of Comparative Federalism
The Legacy of Ronald L. Watts
- 208 pages
- English
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The Value of Comparative Federalism
The Legacy of Ronald L. Watts
About this book
This book explores new avenues of international research in comparative federal studies. It re-examines the conceptual tools and methodologies for understanding federal systems, and the role of comparative federalism in the dissemination and implementation of federal concepts. It highlights the influence of comparative federalism on constitution-making as well as constitutional reforms.
The volume provides innovative and pragmatic perspectives from both the Global North and the Global South, with case studies drawn from established federations such as India, Canada, Australia, and Austria, and emerging federal systems such as Italy and South Africa. Advocating a combined approach that integrates modern and traditional theoretical routes with practical insights and contemporary analyses, it discusses the issues of multilevel elections and federal governance; coalition governments and multiparty democracy in parliamentary federal systems, such as India; minority empowerment; gender budgeting; self-governance; multinational federalism; unitary states; the nation-state; and degenerating federalism. It also breaks new ground by looking at federalism from a gender perspective and deals with tools for measuring fiscal responsibility, and a social and cultural index.
A tribute to the intellectual legacy of Ronald L. Watts, this volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of political science, federalism, comparative federal studies, political studies, comparative politics, governance, public administration and law, development studies, South Asian studies, and Global South and North studies as well policymakers, international government bodies, research institutes, development experts, and other organisations working in the area.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List of tables
- List of contributors
- Foreword by John Kincaid
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Ronald L. Watts: the pragmatism and practice of comparative federalism
- 3 Multilevel elections and federal governance in comparative perspective
- 4 The Indian federation: a new phase of âcooperative federalismâ under Modi?
- 5 Gendering federalism discourse: a comparative analysis
- 6 The fabulous designs of federal states: taking a new look at old parameters
- 7 Empowering minoritiesâ societal culture within multinational federations
- 8 Measuring fiscal responsibility: from âlaw in booksâ to âlaw in actionâ
- 9 Can federalism degenerate? The strange but predictable demise of the federal spirit in the Australian polity
- Index