1st Edition

Federal Democracies

Edited By Michael Burgess, Alain-G. Gagnon Copyright 2010
368 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

368 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

368 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Federal Democracies examines the evolution of the relationship between federalism and democracy. Taking the late 18th century US Federal Experience as its starting-point, the book uses the contributions of Calhoun, Bryce and Proudhon as 19th century conceptual prisms through which we can witness the challenges and changes made to the meaning of this relationship. The book then goes on to... Read more
Notes on contributors  Preface  1. Introduction: federalism and democracy - Michael Burgess and Alain-G. Gagnon  Part I  2. Democracy and federation in the Federalist Papers - Iain Hampsher Monk  3. ‘Togetherness’ in multinational federal democracies: Tocqueville, Proudhon and the theoretical gap in the modern federal tradition - Dimitrios Karmis  4. John C. Calhoun: federalism, constitutionalism and democracy - Murray Forsyth  5. Variations on a theme. James Bryce, federalism and democracy: from the Holy Roman Empire and the American Commonwealth to the British Empire - Michael Burgess  Part II  6 Democracy versus federalism in the United States of America - John Kincaid  7. Federal democracy in Switzerland - Paolo Dardanelli  8. Federal democracy in plural Spain - Luis Moreno  9. Federalism and democracy in the Federal Republic of Germany - Franz Gress  10 Federalism and democracy in the Russian Federation - Richard Sakwa  11Executive federalism and the exercise of democracy in Canada - Alain-G. Gagnon  12. Federal democracy in a federal Europe - John Pinder  Part III  13. Federalism and democracy. The case of minority nations: a federal deficit - Ferran Requejo  14 Federalism and democracy: comparative empirical and theoretical perspectives - John Kincaid  15. Comparative reflections on federalism and democracy - Ronald L. Watts

Biography

Michael Burgess is Professor of Federal Studies, and Director of the Centre for Federal Studies at the University of Kent at Canterbury.  His most recent publications include (as co-editor) Multinational Federations and Comparative Federalism: Theory and Practice (both published by Routledge).  Alain-G. Gagnon is Professor in the department of Political Science, and Canada Research Chair in Quebec and Canadian Studies, at the University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada. His most recent publications include (as editor) Contemporary Canadian Federalism and (as author) The Case for Multinational Federalism (also published by Routledge).