Dialogues on Local Government and Metropolitan Regions in Federal Countries

Raoul Blindenbacher is the vice-president of Forum of Federations.Chandra Pasma is Global Dialogue Program Manager, Forum of Federations.

• Contributors include Raoul Blindenbacher (Forum of Federations), Martin Burgi (Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany), Luis Cesar (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Jaap de Visser (University of Western Cape, South Africa), Habu Galadima (University of Jos, Nigeria), Sol Garson (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Boris Graizbord (National College of Mexico, Mexico), Rakesh Hooja (HCM Rajasthan State Institute of Public Administration and Principal Secretary to Government, India), Andreas Kiefer (European Affairs Office of the Land Salzburg, Austria), Andreas Ladner (Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration, Switzerland), George Mathew (Institute of Social Sciences, India), Thomas Minger (Conference of Cantonal Governments, Switzerland), Mike Pagano (University of Illinois at Chicago, United States), Chandra Pasma (Forum of Federations), Graham Sansom (University of Technology Sydney, Australia), Franz Schausberger, Salzburg University, Austria), Nico Steytler (University of Western Cape, South Africa), Francisco Velasco Caballero (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain), and Robert Young (University of Western Ontario, Canada)