Explaining Federalism : State, society and congruence in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany and Switzerland

ISBN-13: 9780415432054 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 168 str.

Erk Jan

Opis

Deals with the theoretical and empirical questions of federalism in the context of five case studies: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany and Switzerland. This book puts forward an argument that in the long run the political institutions of federalism adapt to achieve congruence with the underlying social structure.

Spis treści

1. Federalism and Congruence  2. Austria  3. Belgium  4. Canada  5. Germany  6. Switzerland  7. The Political Sociology of Federalism

O autorze

Jan Erk is Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands.