Cooperative Federalism in South Asia and Europe (e-book) (used book) | bookbook.eu

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This book explores the challenges, opportunities, and trends impacting the working of federations in South Asia and Europe. It deliberates on the changing socio-economic realities, challenges facing the existing structures of governance, degrees of consociationalism, and the growing aspirations of people in South Asia and Europe.

Through case studies from Greece, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, France, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Maldives, Bhutan, and India, the volume focuses on critical issues relating to cooperative federalism - its complexities, institutional dilemmas, and trends in South Asia and Europe. It discusses a variety of themes, including federal-state relations; cooperative governance; constitution; multiculturalism, fiscal relations, democratization, devolution of powers, consociationalism, and global citizenship to analyse the complexities of the existing federal polities in South Asia and Europe. It further emphasizes the need to strike a balance between the federal government and the constituent units in these regions.

Topical and lucid, this book will be of interest to teachers, scholars, and researchers of political science, comparative government and politics, federalism, South Asian politics, European politics, governance studies, and political studies.