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Foreign Relations in Federal Countries addresses questions such as: What constitutional powers do the federal governments and constituent states have to conduct foreign affairs? To what degree are relations between orders of government regularized by formal agreement or informal practice? What roles do constituent governments have in negotiation and implementation of international treaties? The volume offers a comparative perspective on the conduct of foreign relations in twelve federal countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, India, Malaysia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States.

Preliminary Material /Nico Steytler -- The Currency of Concurrent Powers in Federal Systems /Nico Steytler -- The Meanings of Concurrency /Anna Dziedzic and Cheryl Saunders -- From Dualistic Autonomous Concurrency to Marbleised Permissive Concurrency in American Federalism /John Kincaid -- Concurrent Powers as Doors to Legislative Innovation, Conditional Powers as Gates to the Blind Alley: Some Swiss Illustrations /Eva Maria Belser -- What's Wrong with Concurrency? Comparative Reflections Based on Constitutional Reforms in Germany and Italy /Francesco Palermo -- Concurrent Powers in Italy: The New State-centred Approach and Prospects for Reform /Paolo Colasante -- De Facto Concurrency in Spain /Carles Viver Pi-Sunyer and Mercè Corretja Torrens -- Concurrent Powers in the EU and Their Impact on the Powers of Member States /Stelio Mangiameli -- Concurrency of Powers in the Russian Federation /Ivan Leksin and Viacheslav Seliverstov -- Fiscal Federalism and Concurrence of Taxing Powers in Argentina: A Historical Perspective /Miguel Angel Asensio -- Concurrent Power and Local Interest in Brazil's Federalism /Gilberto M.A. Rodrigues -- Concurrent Powers in South Africa /Jaap de Visser -- Concurrent Powers in the Ethiopian Federal System /Assefa Fiseha and Zemelak Ayele -- Concurrency in the 2010 Kenya Constitution /Conrad M. Bosire -- Concurrency of Powers in Deeply Divided Countries: The Case of Yemen's Draft Constitution of 2015 /Nico Steytler -- Concurrency of Powers: The Zebra in the Room /Nico Steytler -- Index /Nico Steytler.

Contributors provide a fascinating account of how federal countries are confronting the traditional challenges of conflicts over division of fiscal powers while also coping with emerging challenges of globalization and citizen empowerment arising from the information revolution. They analyze how relationships and roles in different orders of government are being reshaped and show how local solutions inspired by global principles help strengthen government accountability and improve the quality of life for citizens.

These lively, timely, and accessible dialogues on federal systems provide a comparative snapshot of each topic and include comparative analyses, glossaries of country-specific terminology, and a timeline of major constitutional events. Countries considered include Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States. Whether you are a student or teacher of federalism, working in the field of federalism, or simply interested in the topic, these booklets will prove to be an insightful, brief exploration of the topic at hand in each of the featured countries. Contributors include Sarah Byrne (Université de Fribourg), Marcelo Piancastelli de Siqueira (Institute for Applied Economic Research, Brasillia), Hugues Dumont (Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis, Brussels), J.Isawa Elaigwu (Institute of Governance and Social Research, Jos), Thomas Fleiner (Université de Fribourg), Xavier Bernadi Gil (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona), Ellis Katz (International Association of Centers for Federal Studies, PA), Nicolas Lagasse (Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis, Brussels), Clement Macintyre (University of Adelaide), George Mathew (Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi), Manuel González Oropeza (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), Hans-Peter Schneider (Universität Hannover), Richard Simeon (University of Toronto), Clara Velasco (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona), Ronald L. Watts (Queen's University), and John Williams (Australian National University, Canberra).

"This compilation, The Making and Ending of Federalism, includes the main topics addressed by recognized experts on federalism at the Conference of the International Association of Federal Studies (IACFS) held in Innsbruck, Austria, on 28-30 October 2021. It analyzes how federal and quasi-federal systems are created and if there are common patterns or certain conditions that promote the emergence or the demise of federal systems, including case studies from Brazil, Spain, and Italy"--

This title examines the various functions of local governments within federal systems.

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"This comparative volume on intergovernmental relations in twelve federal countries and the European Union explores one of the most vital operational aspects of federalism: interactions among orders and units of government in federal and quasi-federal systems. Such interactions take many different forms, serve a variety of purposes, and operate through a plethora of formal and informal channels. Each chapter describes the principal mechanisms and processes of intergovernmental relations, highlighting those that work well and those that do not. Topics considered include the impact of intergovernmental relations on democracy, citizen participation, accountability, justice, and the rule of law. Chapters also evaluate whether mechanisms and processes are effective in terms of policy making and implementation. This volume shows how intergovernmental relations are an integral part of every federal system, regardless of differences in history, constitutional framework, resources, and federal design."--