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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300500803321

Titolo

Constitutional Politics and the Territorial Question in Canada and the United Kingdom : Federalism and Devolution Compared / / edited by Michael Keating, Guy Laforest

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

9783319580746

3319580744

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Comparative Territorial Politics, , 2947-8170

Disciplina

306.20971

Soggetti

Europe - Politics and government

Executive power

Comparative government

European Politics

Executive Politics

Comparative Politics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book compares the constitutional politics in Canada and the United Kingdom - two complex, multilevel, plurinational states. While the former is federal and the latter a devolved state, the logic of both systems is similar: to combine unity with diversity. Both are facing similar challenges in a world marked by spatial rescaling, international interdependence and economic and social change. The contributors chart these challenges and the responses of the two countries, covering the meanings of federalism and devolution; the role of the courts; fiscal equalization; welfare; party politics; reform by popular referendum and citizen assemblies; and intergovernmental relations. The book will be of interest to students of federalism and multilevel government, state transformation territorial politics on both sides of the Atlantic.