Federalism Books

New and Published Books

1. Federalism, Plurinationality and Democratic Constitutionalism

   Theory and Cases

   Edited by Ferran Requejo, Miquel Caminal Badia

   Series: Routledge Studies in Nationalism and Ethnicity

   This book provides a theoretical and comparative analysis of federalism and federations in plurinational democracies, examining how states with distinct peoples and communities coexist (or not). Through a theoretical approach to democracy and federalism, and interdisciplinary analysis of...

   Published November 8th 2011 by Routledge
2. European Security Governance

   The European Union in a Westphalian World

   Edited by Charlotte Wagnsson, James Sperling, Jan Hallenberg

   Series: Contemporary Security Studies

   This book focuses on the problems of, and prospects for, strengthening the global system of security governance in a manner consistent with the aspirations and practices of the EU. The EU approach to security governance has been successful in its immediate neighbourhood: it has successfully...

   Published October 31st 2011 by Routledge
3. Eastern Partnership: A New Opportunity for the Neighbours?

   Edited by Elena Korosteleva

   This volume offers a collective assessment of the development and impact of the European Neighbourhood Policy and the Eastern Partnership Initiative on its eastern neighbours - Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova in particular, with Russia’s added perspective. Founded on extensive empirical and conceptual...

   Published September 11th 2011 by Routledge
4. The European Union's Foreign Economic Policies

   A Principal-Agent Perspective

   Edited by Andreas Dür, Manfred Elsig

   Series: Journal of European Public Policy Special Issues as Books

   The European Union is a key actor in international economic governance. Through its foreign economic policies it plays a central role in the negotiation of international trade agreements, the global regulation of the financial services sector, and the provision of aid to developing countries. This...

   Published September 1st 2011 by Routledge
5. Russian Regional Politics under Putin and Medvedev

   Edited by Cameron Ross

   Series: Routledge Europe-Asia Studies

   Many authors have alluded to the unique nature of Russia’s dual transition and its difficult task of simultaneously reforming its economy and polity. But there is in fact a third transition still far from completed that is of no less importance, the need to reconfigure central-regional relations...

   Published August 30th 2011 by Routledge
6. Federalism and the Making of America

   By David Brian Robertson

   Though Americans rarely appreciate it, federalism has profoundly shaped their nation’s past, present, and future. Federalism—the division of government authority between the national government and the states—affects the prosperity, security, and daily life of every American. In this nuanced and...

   Published August 8th 2011 by Routledge
7. The Political Economy of Europe's Incomplete Single Market

   Edited by David Howarth, Tal Sadeh

   Series: Journal of European Public Policy Special Issues as Books

   Progress in European market integration over the past two decades has come at the expense of growing flexibility, or differentiation, in the laws that govern the Single Market (SM) as well as the way that these laws are implemented. This volume examines how the completion of the SM has been held...

   Published July 7th 2011 by Routledge
8. Nigeria at Fifty

   The Nation in Narration

   Edited by Ebenezer Obadare, Wale Adebanwi

   Nigeria, Africa’s most populous and biggest democracy, celebrates her fiftieth year as an independent nation in October 2010. As the cliché states, ‘As Nigeria goes, so goes Africa’. This book frames the socio-historical and political trajectory of Nigeria while examining the many dimensions of the...

   Published April 7th 2011 by Routledge
9. Switzerland in Europe

   Continuity and Change in the Swiss Political Economy

   Edited by Christine Trampusch, André Mach

   Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

   While Switzerland is well known for its specific political institutions, such as direct democracy, federalism and neutrality, or for its banking secrecy, its socio-economic institutions, which decisively contributed to its prosperity, remain relatively unexplored. This book gives the first...

   Published March 8th 2011 by Routledge
10. Negotiation Theory and the EU

    The State of the Art

    Edited by Andreas Dür, Gemma Mateo, Daniel Thomas

    Series: Journal of European Public Policy Special Issues as Books

    Negotiations are central to the ethos and functioning of the European Union, yet the dynamics of EU negotiations have received far too little systematic scholarly attention. This volume offers a thematic and forward-looking survey of cutting-edge research on EU negotiation dynamics, identifying...

    Published November 16th 2010 by Routledge