Federalism and territorial cleavages

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bermeo, Nancy( 1951-), Amoretti, Ugo M( 1969-)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Advanced industrial democracies
  • Switzerland: territorial cleavage management as paragon and paradox
  • Belgium: hollowing the center
  • Canada: federalism, language, and regional conflict
  • Spain: unfulfilled federalism (1978-1996)
  • The United Kingdom: political institutions and territorial cleavages
  • Italy: political institutions and the mobilization of territorial differences
  • France: challenging the unitary state
  • Electoral rules and party systems in federations
  • Federalism and the quality of democracy in plurinational contexts: present shortcomings and possible improvements
  • Developing democracies and post-communist regimes
  • India: federalism and the accommodation of ethnic nationalism
  • Russia: managing territorial cleavages under dual transitions
  • Turkey: roots of the Turkish-Kurdish conflict and prospects for constructive reform
  • Mexico: the political foundations of ethnic mobilization and ethnic autonomy (1974-2000)
  • Nigeria: dilemmas of federalism in the post-military era
  • Federalism and democracy: beyond the U.S. model.