Finance and governance of capital cities in federal systems [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Enid Slack and Rupak Chattopadhyay

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458163003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : Published for Forum of Federations=Forum des fédérations by McGill-Queen's University Press, c2009
• ISBN: 1-282-86662-1; 9786612866623; 0-7735-7617-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Collana: Thematic issues in federalism ; ; v. 1
• Altri autori (Persone): ChattopadhyayRupak; SlackEnid <1951->
• Disciplina: 320.8
• Soggetti: Capitals (Cities); Capitals (Cities) - Economic aspects; Capitals (Cities) - Political aspects; Federal government; Municipal government; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction / Enid Slack and Rupak Chattopadhyay -- Canberra, Australia / Graham Sansom -- Brussels, Belgium / Caroline van Wynesberghe -- Ottawa, Canada / Almos Tassonyi -- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia / Assefa Fiseha -- Berlin, Germany / Horst Zimmermann -- New Delhi, India / Om Prakash Mathur -- Mexico City, Mexico / Mario Martiþn Delgado CArrillo -- Abuja, Nigeria / J. Isawa Elaigwu -- Cape Town and Pretoria, South Africa / Nico Steytler -- Bern, Switzerland / Daniel Ku·bler -- Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America / Natwar M. Gandhi ... [et al.] -- Comparative conclusions / Enid Slack and Rupak Chattopadhyay.
• Sommario/riassunto: Examines federal policies towards capital cities, with an emphasis on how capital cities are funded and governed, and the extent to which the federal government compensates them for their unique role.