02285nam a22002297a 4500 20220208145620.0 220208b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780773524194 AL English 23 321.02 GRIH Ann L Griffiths and others 17960 Handbook of Federal Countries 2002 London Mcgill queens university press 2002 xiv,513 p. HB 22x15 cm. £ £42.00 For more than two centuries federalism has provided an example of how people can live together even as they maintain their diversity. While the implosion of the former Yugoslavia illustrates that federalism is not, and cannot be, a panacea, its abiding success in other countries shows that it is a system worth examining. The Handbook of Federal Countries, 2002, a project of the Forum of Federations – an international network that seeks to strengthen democratic governance by promoting dialogue on and understanding of the values, practices, principles, and possibilities of federalism – does exactly this, incorporating available information about existing federations in one place for easy, convenient reference.The Handbook of Federal Countries, 2002 includes articles on the twenty-one countries that classify themselves as federations as well as four whose systems incorporate sufficient elements of federalism that it is useful to include them. These articles – written by authors around the world – examine the development, institutions, constitutions, and dynamics of federalism and include tables containing current political/geographic and economic/social information. The Handbook also includes four comparative papers, each of which examines a theme of concern to federal countries: foreign policy in an era of globalization that increasingly encroaches on the jurisdiction of constituent units and demands their active participation; use of federalism to accommodate minorities; distribution of resources and power (fiscal federalism); and issues relating to regional autonomy and federalism in a European context. Federal government 17951 GRIFFITHS (Ann L) ed 17952 NERENBERG (Karl) 17953 ddc GF 221451 221451 0 0 ddc 0 0 PS AL AL 2013-03-23 0 321.02 GRIH GF01389 2022-02-08 00:00:00 0.00 2022-02-08 GF