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Distribution of powers and responsibilities in federal countries

Authors:Douglas M. Brown, Akhtar Majeed, Ronald L. Watts, International Association of Centers for Federal Studies, Forum of Federations

Summary:The comparative studies in this volume examine the constitutional distribution of exclusive and shared powers and responsibilities among the national and constituent governments of Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Mexico, Nigeria, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States. Contributors examine the reasons behind each country's system of power distribution, how it works, changes over time, successes or failures, and future trends in the allocation and sharing of power

eBook, English, ©2006

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Publisher: Published for Forum of Federations and iacfs by McGill-Queen's University Press, Montréal, ©2006

Series:

Global dialogue on federalism, v. 2

Genre:Electronic books

Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 373 pages) : maps

ISBN:

9780773573215, 9781282863828, 0773573216, 1282863827

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:191819202

Subjects:

Canada Aspect politique Cas, Études de

Comparative government

Electronic books

Federal government

Federal government Case studies

Fédéralisme Études de cas

Institutions politiques comparées

POLITICAL SCIENCE General

comparative politics

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Distribution of powers and responsibilities in federal countries.

Contents:

Introduction: Distribution of Powers and Responsibilities

Commonwealth of Australia

Kingdom of Belgium

Federal Republic of Brazil

Canada

Federal Republic of Germany

Republic of India

United Mexican States

Federal Republic of Nigeria

Kingdom of Spain

Swiss Confederation

United States of America

Comparative Conclusions

Contributors

Participating Experts

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