Varieties of federal governance : Major contemporary models

Contents:
I - Theoretical and Comparative Dimensions
1 - Federalism: An Alternative Category in Political Thought? By Thomas O. Hueglin, Wilfrid Laurier University;
2 - Governance of Capital Cities in Federal Countries: Comparative Perspectives-By Enid Slack, University of Toronto, Rupak Chattopadhyay, Forum of Federations, Canada;

II - Presidential Federal Systems;
3 - Political Coercion and Administrative Cooperation in U.S. Intergovernmental Relations
By John Kincaid, Lafayette College, USA

4 - What Makes the Swiss Multicultural Federalism Work-
By Lidija R. Basta Fleiner, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, Thomas Fleiner, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
5 - Local Governments in the Brazilian Federation By Fernando Rezende, Getúlio Vargas Foundation;
6 - Russian Federalism: Does it Work? By Galina Gribanova, Herzen Pedagogical University, Russia
7 - Federalism in Pakistan By Veena Kukreja, University of Edinburgh;

III - Commonwealth Parliamentary Federations;
8 - Constitutional Normalization in Canada: The Significance of Failure of the Charlottetown Agreement-
By Ronald L. Watts, Queen's University, Canada;
9 - The Australian Senate: Form, Function and Effectiveness-By Simon Evans, The University of Melbourne;
10 - Federalizing India's Political Parties: National All-India and National Interstate Parties-By Douglas V. Verney, York University, Toronto;
11 - Malaysia: Centralized Federalism in an Electoral One-Party State-By Wong Chin Huat, Monash University Sunway Campus, Malaysia, James Chin, Monash University Sunway Campus;
12 - Promises Unmet: Multi-level Government in South Africa-By Christina Murray, University of Cape Town, Richard Simeon, Harvard University;

IV - Non-Commonwealth Parliamentary Federations in Afro-Asia;
13 - Multi-ethnicity and Federalism: Constitutional Provisions in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopiapp 263-281
By Petra Zimmermann-Steinhart, The Center for International Migration (CIM);
14 - Federalism and Political Inclusion: Choices facing Nepal;
By Yash Ghai, United Nations Develoment Programme, Nepal, Jill Cottrel, United Nations Develoment Programme, Nepal;

V - European Parliamentary Federations;
15 - The German Federal System and its Reforms: Structures, Taboos and the ‘Shylock Principle’-
By Uwe Leonardy, University of Bonnl
16 - The Belgian Federation: Tools of Appeasement, Instruments of Confrontation-
By Johanne Poirier, Université Libre de Bruxelle;
17 - Federalism as Ideology and as Institutional Form in the Spanish Estado de las Autonomías (1977–2004)-
By Thomas Jeffrey Miley, Centro de Estudios Políticos Constitucionales (CEPC), Spain

VI - Devolutionary Systems-
18 - The Union's Place: Scottish-English Relations after Devolution-By Charlie Jeffery, University of Edinburgh
19 - The Federal Debate in Sri Lanka-By Rohan Edrisinha, Centre for Policy Alternatives, Sri Lanka;

VII - Supranational Confederalism/Federalism?-
20 - The European Union and the Competence Catalogue after the Lisbon Treaty: Insights from Comparative Federalism-
By Wilfried Swenden, University of Edinburgh.