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Federal Democracies examines the evolution of the relationship between federalism and democracy. Taking the late 18th century US Federal Experience as its starting-point, the book uses the contributions of Calhoun, Bryce and Proudhon as 19th century conceptual prisms through which we can witness the challenges and changes made to the meaning of this relationship. The book then goes on to provide a series of case studies to examine contemporary examples of federalism and includes chapters on Canada, USA, Russia, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland and the emerging European Union. It features two further case studies on Minority Nations and a Federal Europe, and concludes with two chapters providing comparative empirical and theoretical perspectives, and comparative reflections on federalism and democracy.
Bringing together international experts in the field this book will be vital reading for students and scholars of federalism, comparative politics and government.
Contents
1. Introduction: Federalism and Democracy Part 1 2. Democracy and Federation in the Federalist Papers 3. 'Togetherness' in Multinational Federal Democracies: Tocqueville, Proudhon and the Theoretical Gap in the Modern Federal Tradition 4. John C. Calhoun: Federalism, Constitutionalism and Democracy 5. Variations on a Theme. James Bryce, Federalism and Democracy: From the Holy Roman Empire and the American Commonwealth to the British Empire Part 2 6. Democracy versus Federalism in the United States of America 7. Federal Democracy in Switzerland 8. Federal Democracy in Plural Spain 9. Federalism and Democracy in the Federal Republic of Germany 10. Federalism and Democracy in the Russian Federation 11. Executive Federalism and the Exercise of Democracy in Canada 12. Federal Democracy in a Federal Europe Part 3 13. Federalism and Democracy. The Case of Minority Nations: A Federal Deficit 14. Federalism and Democracy: Comparative Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives 15. Comparative Reflections on Federalism and Democracy
