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TUTORIAL 13

FEDERALISM IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

What circumstances and factors lead to the formation of federal systems of government?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of federal systems of government?
What forms does Federalism take amongst the states of the European Union?
How would you decide what form of federalism is appropriate to a particular state?

READINGS

Hague Harrup and Breslin Chap 10

Kenneth Wheare, Federal Government (4^th ed. 1963), Chaps. I-III.

Ronald Watts, Comparing Federal Systems (2000).

Nigel Bowles, The Government and Politics of the United States (2^nd ed. 1998),

Chaps. 1 and 9

Gordon Smith, Politics in Western Europe: A Comparative Analysis, Chap. 9

Paul Heywood, The Government and Politics of Spain (1995), Chaps. 1, 2 and 7.

Peter Pulzer, German Politics, 1945-1995 (1995)

William E. Paterson and David Southern, Governing Germany (1991), Chap. 6.

Gordon Smith, William Paterson, and Stephen Padgett (eds.), Developments in

German Politics 2 (1996), Chaps. 2, 5, 6 and 7.

David Hine, Governing Italy: the Politics of Bargained Pluralism (1993), Chap. 9.

Directory of federalism links:

http://www.infidels.org/~nap/index.federalism.html

Centre for the Study of Federalism Temple University:

http://www.temple.edu/federalism

A Canadian View of Federalism:

http://www.ccu-cuc.ca/en/library/federalism.html

The Federalism Network [another Canadian site but with international links:

http://federalism.net

A Swiss site at the University of Fribourg:

http://federal2.unifr.ch

Federalism in the context of World Government:

http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/worldgov.html

Grand Place Europe [pro-European ideal site]