Arthur Benz is a professor at the Institute for Political Science at the Technical University of Darmstadt. Jared Sonnicksen is a guest professor at the Institute for Political Science at the Technical University of Darmstadt.

• Contributors 1. Introduction Arthur Benz and Jared Sonnicksen 2. Federalism as a Yardstick for Democracy Thomas O. Hueglin 3. Linking Federalism and Democracy. An Analytical Framework Arthur Benz 4. Out of Balance: Executive Dominance in Federal Settings John Erik Fossum and David Laycock 5. Federalism and Democracy in the United States Timothy Conlan 6. Federalism and Direct Democracy in Switzerland: Competing or Complementary? Sean Mueller 7. Germany: How Federalism has shaped Consensus Democracy Sabine Kropp 8. Between Co-evolution and Intercurrence: How Democracy has shaped Federalism in Canada Jörg Broschek 9. Party Federalism in Australia Andrew Banfield and Anthony Sayers 10. Belgium: the Democratic State of the Federation Petra Meier and Peter Bursens 11. Democracy and Federalism in Spain: Interactions, Tensions and Compatibilities César Colino 12. Democracy and Federalism in India. Mutually Reinforcing? Wilfried Swenden and Katharine Adeney 13. Comparing Patterns of Federal Democracy Arthur Benz and Jared Sonnicksen References

Arthur Benz is a professor at the Institute for Political Science at the Technical University of Darmstadt. Jared Sonnicksen is a guest professor at the Institute for Political Science at the Technical University of Darmstadt.

• Contributors 1. Introduction Arthur Benz and Jared Sonnicksen 2. Federalism as a Yardstick for Democracy Thomas O. Hueglin 3. Linking Federalism and Democracy. An Analytical Framework Arthur Benz 4. Out of Balance: Executive Dominance in Federal Settings John Erik Fossum and David Laycock 5. Federalism and Democracy in the United States Timothy Conlan 6. Federalism and Direct Democracy in Switzerland: Competing or Complementary? Sean Mueller 7. Germany: How Federalism has shaped Consensus Democracy Sabine Kropp 8. Between Co-evolution and Intercurrence: How Democracy has shaped Federalism in Canada Jörg Broschek 9. Party Federalism in Australia Andrew Banfield and Anthony Sayers 10. Belgium: the Democratic State of the Federation Petra Meier and Peter Bursens 11. Democracy and Federalism in Spain: Interactions, Tensions and Compatibilities César Colino 12. Democracy and Federalism in India. Mutually Reinforcing? Wilfried Swenden and Katharine Adeney 13. Comparing Patterns of Federal Democracy Arthur Benz and Jared Sonnicksen References

Arthur Benz is a professor at the Institute for Political Science at the Technical University of Darmstadt. Jared Sonnicksen is a guest professor at the Institute for Political Science at the Technical University of Darmstadt.

• Contributors 1. Introduction Arthur Benz and Jared Sonnicksen 2. Federalism as a Yardstick for Democracy Thomas O. Hueglin 3. Linking Federalism and Democracy. An Analytical Framework Arthur Benz 4. Out of Balance: Executive Dominance in Federal Settings John Erik Fossum and David Laycock 5. Federalism and Democracy in the United States Timothy Conlan 6. Federalism and Direct Democracy in Switzerland: Competing or Complementary? Sean Mueller 7. Germany: How Federalism has shaped Consensus Democracy Sabine Kropp 8. Between Co-evolution and Intercurrence: How Democracy has shaped Federalism in Canada Jörg Broschek 9. Party Federalism in Australia Andrew Banfield and Anthony Sayers 10. Belgium: the Democratic State of the Federation Petra Meier and Peter Bursens 11. Democracy and Federalism in Spain: Interactions, Tensions and Compatibilities César Colino 12. Democracy and Federalism in India. Mutually Reinforcing? Wilfried Swenden and Katharine Adeney 13. Comparing Patterns of Federal Democracy Arthur Benz and Jared Sonnicksen References