TY - BOOK AU - Michael Burgess TI - Comparative Federalism Theory and Practice SN - 0-415-36455-8 U1 - 321.03 BUR 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - Routledge N1 - Introduction Part I 1. Federalism and Federation : the quest for meaning 2. The American Federal experience 3. Federalism and Federation: the origins and formation of federal states 4. Federalism, nationalism and the national state: legitimacy and the problem of national identity Part II 5. The comparative study of federal political systems 6. The Anglo-American and Continental European Federal 7. The concept of representation in federalism and federation 8. Asymmetrical federalism and federation 9. The European Union as a federal model Part III 10. Federalism, democracy and the state in the era of globalization 11. The success and failure of federation 12.Concilsion: Comparative federalism in the theory and practice N2 - Introduction Part I 1. Federalism and Federation : the quest for meaning 2. The American Federal experience 3. Federalism and Federation: the origins and formation of federal states 4. Federalism, nationalism and the national state: legitimacy and the problem of national identity Part II 5. The comparative study of federal political systems 6. The Anglo-American and Continental European Federal 7. The concept of representation in federalism and federation 8. Asymmetrical federalism and federation 9. The European Union as a federal model Part III 10. Federalism, democracy and the state in the era of globalization 11. The success and failure of federation 12.Concilsion: Comparative federalism in the theory and practice ER -