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The most important achievements in early post-Soviet Russia were the creation of a federal system & the establishment of scheduled elections. However, federalism in Russia substitutes rhetoric for reality with regard to many substantive elements of Western federalism. It is more a decorative ritual than a democratic function. This chapter examines the roots of Russian federalism, as far back as the 11th century, & its development in the post-Soviet era. It is concluded that Vladimir Putin does not want a system of political pluralism or development of grassroots parties. His vision for Russia is one of a vertical, not horizontal, chain of command, with a strong national police presence in control at the regional level. Figures. J. Stanton

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Auditing Federalism in Canada -- 2 Federalism and Democracy -- 3 Canadian Federalism -- 4 Democratic Audit of Inclusiveness in the Federal System -- 5 Democratic Audit of Participation in the Federal System -- 6 Democratic Audit of Responsiveness in the Federal System -- 7 The Democratic Audit and Change in the Federal System -- 8 The Need for Change -- Discussion Questions -- Additional Reading -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Federalism, Jennifer Smith, Vancouver: UBC Press, 2004, pp. xi,
192.This slender volume is part of the Canadian Democratic Audit series
examining how well Canadian democracy is performing at the beginning of
the twenty-first century. The purpose is to investigate all major aspects
of the Canadian political system according two three benchmarks: public
participation, inclusiveness and responsiveness. The series includes ten
volumes in all. This is the one on federalism.

Federalism is a system of government in which the powers are shared between state and federal governments. Originating as the Albany Plan of Union by Benjamin Franklin in 1754, federalism has become a controversial issue throughout American history, as politicians and lawmakers continue to argue over which level of government should have more authority. Federalism discusses the people, court cases, and events relevant to this concept

Discusses issues such as power sharing, social diversity, economic, financial, and social policy, intergovernmental relations, and emerging levels of government; international perspective; 19 articles.

Discusses the vicissitudes of Australian federalism. The history of the federation is briefly traced in terms of developments in federalism across various spheres. It is argued that the challenge is to approach federalism in a manner that recognizes constitutional realities but does not hinge on wishful thinking regarding the sort of political consensus extant in emergencies. Further, issues should be considered in terms of whether they are amenable to government intervention rather than which level of government is responsible for them. State finance is looked at in this light, along with labor law & the pursuit of a national workplace relations system. In the final analysis, it is contended that Australia must come first & that what might be good for one state should not automatically be seen as good for the nation. J. Zendejas

Spatial econometrics methods have been extensively applied to the analysis of decentralized fiscal policy-making in the past two decades, with most research focussing on the investigation of spatial patterns arising from various forms of competition among local authorities. This chapter first reviews the several contributions in the spatial analysis of local government data that have appeared since the publication of the first edition of the Handbook of Fiscal Federalism (2006) - over seventy fresh empirical works - with the aim of evaluating the advancements that have been made since then in the knowledge and understanding of interjurisdictional competition phenomena. The second part of the chapter discusses the impact on the empirical analysis of intergovernmental fiscal interaction of a number of recent econometric developments concerning the specification, estimation and interpretation of spatial models, and concludes with some remarks on the foreseeable developments in geografiscal federalism research.