1. 'Stateness', Federalism, and Institutional Adaptation -- 2. The Federal Experience and the European Union -- 3. The United States: The Rise and Fall of Territorial Politics -- 4. Canada: The Unresolved Federal Bargain -- 5. Australia: Party Discipline and Fiscal Dependence -- 6. Germany: Adaptation and Change in a Centralized Federation -- 7. Switzerland: Dispersing Power for National Unity -- 8. The Fedral Experience in Comparative Context -- 9. Designing Europe
Summary
McKay examines the likely policy dynamics of the European Union following the adoption of a single currency in 1999. The volume studies the experience of existing federations with the purpose of identifying lessons for the emerging European polity
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-162) and index
