Federalism and territorial cleavages
By: edited by Ugo M. Amoretti and Nancy Bermeo
Contributors: Amoretti, Ugo M., 1969-; Bermeo, Nancy Gina, 1951-
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 498
Subjects: Federal government -- Case studies; Regionalism -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction: federalism and territorial cleavages / Ugo M. Amoretti; title: Advanced industrial democracies; title: Switzerland: territorial cleavage management as paragon and paradox / André Bächtiger and Jürg Steiner; title: Belgium: hollowing the center / Liesbet Hooghe; title: Canada: federalism, language, and regional conflict / Richard Simeon; title: Spain: unfulfilled federalism (1978-1996) / Pablo Beramendi and Ramón Máiz; title: The United Kingdom: political institutions and territorial cleavages / Michael Keating; title: Italy: political institutions and the mobilization of territorial differences / Ugo M. Amoretti; title: France: challenging the unitary state / R. Kent Weaver; title: Federalism and the quality of democracy in multinational contexts: present shortcomings and possible improvements / Ferran Requejo; title: Developing democracies and postcommunist regimes; title: India: federalism and the accommodation of ethnic nationalism / Atul Kohli; title: Russia: managing territorial cleavages under dual transitions / Kathryn Stoner-Weiss; title: Nigeria: dilemmas of federalism / Rotimi T. Suberu; title: Mexico: the political foundations of indigenous mobilization and ethnoterritorial conflict (1975-2000) / Guillermo Trejo; title: Turkey: roots of the Turkish-Kurdish conflict and prospects for constructive reform / Michele Penner Angrist; title: Federalism, nationalism, and secession: the communist and postcommunist experience / Valerie Bunce; title: Federalism and democracy: beyond the U.S. model / Alfred Stepan; title: Conclusion: the merits of federalism / Nancy Bermeo