Intergovernmental Councils in Federations
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Authors
Watts, Ronald L.
Date
2003
Type
working paper
Language
en
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Watts Collection , Special Series on the Council of the Federation 2003
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Abstract
Among the approximately 180 politically sovereign states in the world today there are some two dozen federations containing approximately two billion people or about 40 percent of the world’s population, and encompassing some 480 federated states or provinces. There are many variations among these federations in their institutional design, the character of the diversity within their societies, their degree of economic development, and their policy agendas. Nevertheless a common feature among them has been the need for effective internal intergovernmental arrangements. Thus, while there is no single federal model or example that is applicable everywhere, there is much to be gained from examining the similarities and differences in their approaches to facilitating federal-provincial and inter-provincial cooperation and co-ordination. Since many of the problems we face in Canada are common to virtually all federations, examining the experience of other federations in institutionalizing intergovernmental relations may provide us with both positive and negative lessons, i.e. with both effective examples and cautionary tales.
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© IIGR, Queen's University; IRPP, Montreal.
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Queen's University Institute of Intergovernmental Relations