Constitutional Politics and the Territorial Question in Canada and the United Kingdom
Subtitle: Federalism and Devolution Compared
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Aug 18, 2017
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9783319580739
Description: This book compares the constitutional politics in Canada and the United Kingdom – two complex, multilevel, plurinational states. While the former is federal and the latter a devolved state, the logic of both systems is similar: to combine unity with diversity. Both are facing similar challenges in a world marked by spatial rescaling, international interdependence and economic and social change. The contributors chart these challenges and the responses of the two countries, covering the meanings of federalism and devolution; the role of the courts; fiscal equalization; welfare; party politics; reform by popular referendum and citizen assemblies; and intergovernmental relations. The book will be of interest to students of federalism and multilevel government, state transformation territorial politics on both sides of the Atlantic.--
Notes: Source title: Constitutional Politics and the Territorial Question in Canada and the United Kingdom: Federalism and Devolution Compared (Comparative Territorial Politics)