Teaching Federalism

Edited by John Kincaid, Robert B. and Helen S. Meyner Professor of Government and Public Service and Director, Meyner Center for the Study of State and Local Government, Lafayette College and J. Wesley Leckrone, Distinguished University Professor of Political Science, Widener University, US

• Contents:Foreword xviiRupak ChattopadhyayAcknowledgments xxiIntroduction to Teaching Federalism: Multidimensional Approaches 1John Kincaid and J. Wesley Leckrone1 Theories of covenant and federalism: deep roots withmultiple shoots 4Glenn Moots2 The Federalist: the world’s seminal source on federalism 14Troy E. Smith and Ryan D. Nelson3 Comparative federalism: what is a federation and how dowe study more than one? 25Alan Fenna4 Federalism and constitutionalism: a relation based oninterdependency 33Elisabeth Alber and Francesco Palermo5 Distribution of powers in federal systems: federalism’s heart 45John Kincaid6 Second chambers in federal systems: shared-ruleguarantors or party hacks? 57Anna Gamper7 High courts in federations: neutral referees or team players? 67Nicholas Aroney8 Intergovernmental relations: federalism’s lifeblood? 79Johanne Poirier9 Fiscal federalism: federalism’s nerve tissue? 91Anwar Shah10 Federal political culture: federalism’s glue? 104David McGrane11 Political parties in federal systems: key players in thefederal game 113Klaus Detterbeck12 Local governments in federal systems: deepening federaldemocracy? 123Nico Steytler13 Federalism and democracy 133Robert P. Inman14 Multinational, multicultural, intercultural, andplurinational federalism 141Arjun Tremblay and Alain-G. Gagnon15 Federalism and conflict resolution: mixed success? 154Soeren Keil16 Asymmetric vs. symmetric federalism: equity vs. equality 165Maja Sahadžić17 Secession in federal systems: voice versus exit 176Eva Maria Belser and Robin Beglinger18 Social policymaking in federal systems: can equity anddiversity coexist? 187Andrew Karch19 Applying a gender lens to federal systems 198Jill Vickers20 Indigenous peoples and federalism: in or out? 210Martin Papillon21 Germany: cooperation and executive dominance 221Nathalie Behnke22 Indian federalism: centralism amidst diversity 233Louise Tillin23 Nigeria: a model of federalist ethnic conflict managementor federalist illusion? 242Rotimi T. Suberu24 Switzerland: real federalism at work 254Rahel Freiburghaus and Adrian Vatter25 Federalism in the United States: dualism with a splash of coercion 265J. Wesley LeckroneIndex

‘Teaching Federalism: Multidimensional Approaches takes us past the comfort zone of traditional teaching on federalism in the West by laying out its analyses in a truly global and inclusive manner. The textbook contains twenty chapters covering almost every substantive facet of federalism, ranging from fiscal federalism to intergovernmental relations, from social policymaking to political culture. Most contributions are written by political scientists—some with a pronounced philosophical bent, but a few chapters are penned by law scholars, and one was written by an economist.’