Federalism as decision-making : : changes in structures, procedures and policies / / edited by Francesco Palermo, Elisabeth Alber.

• Superior document: Studies in Territorial and Cultural Diversity Governance, Volume 3
• TeilnehmendeR: Palermo, Francesco,; Alber, Elisabeth,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill Nijhoff,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in territorial and cultural diversity governance ; Volume 3.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (538 pages).
• Notes: Includes index.

Accounting for participation, separation of powers and democratic accountability, federalism gains momentum in times when traditional democratic legitimacy of institutional decision-making is challenged. Its ability to include multiple interests makes federalism a means to ensure good governance. Ba...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material / Francesco Palermo and Elisabeth Alber
• Introduction: The Idea and the Aim of this Book / Francesco Palermo and Elisabeth Alber
• Multilevel Governance and the Reconfiguration of Political Space: Theoretical Considerations from a Multinational Perspective / Alain-G Gagnon
• The Interdependence of Federalism and Democracy in Australia / Cheryl Saunders
• Political Identity and American Federalism / G. Alan Tarr
• Policy Coercion and Administrative Cooperation in American Federalism / John Kincaid
• ‘Fragile Federations’ and the Dynamics of Devolution / Nico Steytler and Jaap de Visser
• The Unsettled Settlement: Scottish Independence or United Kingdom Devolution? / Michael Burgess
• Constitutional Semantics and Autonomy within Indian Federalism / Ajay Kumar Singh
• Genesis of Federalism, Regional Development and Regional Policy of Post–Soviet Russia / Viacheslav E. Seliverstov
• Can We Talk about Federalism and Federalization without Co-Governance? ‘Participation’ of the Autonomous Communities in Spanish Central Government Decision-Making / Mercè Corretja Torrens and Mireia Grau Creus
• Intergovernmental Relations in Australia: New Modes, Old Realities / Alan Fenna and John Phillimore
• Intergovernmental Decision-Making in Financial Affairs in Germany: Institutions, Formal and Informal Rules and Peculiarities / Gisela Färber
• Fiscal Federalism and Federal Decisions: The Case of Argentina and Its Evolution in the Last Two Decades / Miguel Angel Asensio
• Multilevel Governance of Immigration: An Emerging Trend for Europe to Follow? / Karl Kössler
• Challenging Institutional Models: The Case of Environmental Protection and Management / Mariachiara Alberton and Francesco Palermo
• ‘South Africa Incorporated’: The Rise of the Developmental State and the Corporatization of Intergovernmental Relations / Derek Powell and Phindile Ntliziywana
• Benchmarking as a New Mode of Coordination in Federal Systems / Alan Fenna and Felix Knüpling
• Federalism as Decision-Making: Security Structures, Procedures and Policies / Christian Leuprecht , Mario Kölling and Todd Hataley
• Regionalization in Central and Eastern Europe: Limits and Perspectives of an Externally Driven Process / Sara Parolari and Martina Trettel
• Varieties of Decentralization, Institutional Complementarities, and Economic Growth: Evidence in oecd Countries / Andrea Filippetti and Agnese Sacchi
• Participatory Initiatives and New Instruments of Direct Democracy in Austrian Federalism / Peter Bußjäger
• Theoretical Framework and Constitutional Implications: Participatory Democracy as Decision-Making in Multilayered Italy / Matteo Nicolini
• Framing Subnational ‘Institutional Innovation’ and ‘Participatory Democracy’ in Italy: Some Findings on Current Structures, Procedures and Dynamics / Elisabeth Alber and Alice Valdesalici
• Subnational Institutional Innovation and Participatory Democracy: The Case of Switzerland / Nicolas Schmitt
• Regulating Pluralism: Federalism as Decision-Making and New Challenges for Federal Studies / Francesco Palermo
• Index / Francesco Palermo and Elisabeth Alber.