The Historical Development of Comparative Federal Studies
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Authors
Watts, Ronald L.
Date
2007
Type
working paper
Language
en
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Watts Collection
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Abstract
Political events in various parts of the world during the past two decades have attracted increasing attention to comparative federal studies. But the comparative scholarly literature attempting to assess the nature of federalism and to understand such issues as the theory and practice of federalism, the strengths and weaknesses of federal political solutions, the design and operation of various federal systems and the processes of political integration and disintegration has a long history. This paper will trace that history and the development of the comparative study of federalism, federal political systems and federations as a background for the following chapters which examine federal theories and the methodologies that have been employed in these studies.
Much of the scholarly study of federalism has taken the form of examining individual federations and from these a wealth of valuable insights has been gained. This paper, however, focuses specifically upon comparative federal studies.
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Queen's University Institute of Intergovernmental Relations