TY  - BOOK
AU  - Erk,Jan
AU  - Swenden,Wilfried
TI  - New directions in federalism studies
SN  - 9780415548441 (hardback)
U1  - 320.4049  
PY  - 2010///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge/ECPR
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Europe
KW  - Decentralization in government
KW  - Comparative government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The new wave of federalism studies	p. 1
Understanding federal change: types of federalism and institutional evolution in the Spanish and German federal systems	p. 16
More courageous than expected? The 2006 reform of German federalism	p. 34
The role of the federal judiciary in union-state relations in India	p. 50
Patronage-preserving federalism? Legislative malapportionment and subnational fiscal policies	p. 68
Electoral patterns in federal countries: moderating in the case of Spain	p. 83
Party politics in multi-level systems: party responses to new challenges in European democracies	p. 106
Toward a resolution of the paradox of federalism	p. 126
Federalism and ethnic conflict management: rival hypotheses, the attitudinal missing link and comparative evidence	p. 141
The distinct effects of federalism and decentralization on performance	p. 157
Making fiscal federalism self-enforcing: Germany, Australia, and Switzerland compared	p. 172
Taking stock during times of change	p. 188
Bibliography	p. 207
ER  -