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Designing Federalism: A Theory of Self-Sustainable Federal Institutions

By Mikhail Filippov , Peter C. Ordeshook , Olga Shvetsova

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2004
ISBN
0521816181, 9780521816182, 9780511184611
LCC
JC355 .F55 2004
Open Library ID
OL21112253M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2042451 bytes)
Pages
396\398
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-04-20 14:05:05

Description

The design of federal states from Russia and the Ukraine to Canada and the European Union typically develops from a false set of assumptions regarding the institutional building blocks of such a state. Rather than any carefully delineated allocation of policy jurisdictions, the authors argue that a number of institutional variables, not normally associated with federal design, can be critical in determining federal success. (The variables are the content of regional charters and the extent to which public offices are filled by election rather than appointment.)

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