Comparative Federalism and Federation

Building on traditions and transitions. Part 1 Concepts of federalism and federation: the political uses of federalism; the new European federalism; the idea and the achievements. Part 2 Perspectives for comparative analysis - structures, processes and the federal factor: problems of complexity and entanglement in federations; federation and representation; federalism as political ideology - interests, benefits and beneficiaries in federalism and federation. Part 3 Competing traditions - case studies: the European tradition of federalism - the Protestant dimension; the European tradition of federalism - Christian democracy and federalism; cantonalism - federation and confederacy in the golden epoch of Switzerland; the quest for a federal future - German unity and European union; the American tradition - federalism in the United States; whither Canadian federalism? - alternative constitutional futures; the Australian tradition of federalism; competing traditions and future directions.