| Description |
xii, 498 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Federalism and territorial cleavages / Ugo M. Amoretti -- Switzerland : territorial cleavage management as paragon and paradox / Andre Bachtiger and Jurg Steiner -- Belgium : hollowing the center / Liesbet Hooghe -- Canada : federalism, language, and regional conflict / Richard Simeon -- Spain : unfulfilled federalism (1978-1996) / Pablo Beramendi and Ramon Maiz -- United Kingdom : political institutions and territorial cleavages / Michael Keating -- Italy : political institutions and the mobilization of territorial differences / Ugo M. Amoretti -- France : challenging the unitary state / Marc Smyrl -- Electoral rules and party systems in federations / R. Kent Weaver -- Federalism and the quality of democracy in plurinational contexts : present shortcomings and possible improvements / Ferran Requejo -- India : federalism and the accommodation of ethnic nationalism / Atul Kohli -- Russia : managing territorial cleavages under dual transitions / Kathryn Stoner-Weiss -- Nigeria : dilemmas of federalism / Rotimi T. Suberu -- Mexico : the political foundations of indigenous mobilization and ethnoterritorial conflict (1975-2000) / Guillermo Trejo -- Turkey : roots of the Turkish-Kurdish conflict and prospects for constructive reform / Michelle Penner Angrist -- Federalism, nationalism, and secession : the communist and postcommunist experience / Valerie Bunce -- Federalism and democracy : beyond the U.S. model / Alfred Stepan -- Merits of federalism / Nancy Bermeo. |
| Subject |
Federal government -- Case studies.
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Regionalism -- Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Amoretti, Ugo M., 1969-
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Bermeo, Nancy Gina, 1951-
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| ISBN |
0801874084 |
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