Yonatan T. Fessha is Professor of Law at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa.Karl Kössler is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Comparative Federalism at Eurac Research Bolzano/Bozen, Italy.Francesco Palermo is Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law at the University of Verona and Head of the Institute for Comparative Federalism at Eurac Research Bolzano/Bozen, Italy.

• Chapter 1. The tragedy of the cantons: Intergovernmental relations and identity conflict in Switzerland.- Chapter 2. Bilingualism, Quebec’s Distinctiveness, and Intergovernmental Relations in Canada.- Chapter 3. Intergovernmental relations in Belgium: obstacles for effective cooperation in dyadic federalism.- Chapter 4. Plurinatonalism, devolution and intergovernmental relations in the United Kingdom.- Chapter 5. Intergovernmental relations and ethnic federalism in Ethiopia.- Chapter 6. Redundancy of an Existence: Intergovernmental Relations in India.- Chapter 7. Intergovernmental relations and communal tensions in Spain.- Chapter 8. Intergovernmental relations and identity politics in Italy.

Yonatan T. Fessha is Professor of Law at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa.Karl Kössler is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Comparative Federalism at Eurac Research Bolzano/Bozen, Italy.Francesco Palermo is Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law at the University of Verona and Head of the Institute for Comparative Federalism at Eurac Research Bolzano/Bozen, Italy.

• Chapter 1. The tragedy of the cantons: Intergovernmental relations and identity conflict in Switzerland.- Chapter 2. Bilingualism, Quebec’s Distinctiveness, and Intergovernmental Relations in Canada.- Chapter 3. Intergovernmental relations in Belgium: obstacles for effective cooperation in dyadic federalism.- Chapter 4. Plurinatonalism, devolution and intergovernmental relations in the United Kingdom.- Chapter 5. Intergovernmental relations and ethnic federalism in Ethiopia.- Chapter 6. Redundancy of an Existence: Intergovernmental Relations in India.- Chapter 7. Intergovernmental relations and communal tensions in Spain.- Chapter 8. Intergovernmental relations and identity politics in Italy.

Yonatan T. Fessha is Professor of Law at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa.Karl Kössler is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Comparative Federalism at Eurac Research Bolzano/Bozen, Italy.Francesco Palermo is Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law at the University of Verona and Head of the Institute for Comparative Federalism at Eurac Research Bolzano/Bozen, Italy.

• Chapter 1. The tragedy of the cantons: Intergovernmental relations and identity conflict in Switzerland.- Chapter 2. Bilingualism, Quebec’s Distinctiveness, and Intergovernmental Relations in Canada.- Chapter 3. Intergovernmental relations in Belgium: obstacles for effective cooperation in dyadic federalism.- Chapter 4. Plurinatonalism, devolution and intergovernmental relations in the United Kingdom.- Chapter 5. Intergovernmental relations and ethnic federalism in Ethiopia.- Chapter 6. Redundancy of an Existence: Intergovernmental Relations in India.- Chapter 7. Intergovernmental relations and communal tensions in Spain.- Chapter 8. Intergovernmental relations and identity politics in Italy.