Argentina : centralized power and underdevelopment / Antonio M. Hernandez -- Australia : dualist in form, cooperative in practice / Katy Le Roy and Cheryl Saunders -- Austria : failure of constitutional convention; no changes for federal system / Anna Gamper -- Canada : federalism behind (almost) closed doors / Thomas O. Hueglin -- Germany : balancing Bundestag against Bundesrat and governments against legislatures / Stefan Oeter -- India : an ongoing experiment to redefine federalism / Rajeev Dhavan and Rekha Saxena -- Nigerian federalism at the crossroads / Ebere Osieke -- The Russian federation under Putin : from cooperative to coercive federalism? / Alexander N. Domrin -- South Africa : provincial implementation of national policies / Christina Murray -- Switzerland : cooperative federalism or nationwide standards? / Wolf Linder and Isabelle Steffen -- Contemporary debates about the US Presidency and Congress : the electoral college, legislative gerrymandering, and enumerated powers / John Dinan -- Comparative reflections / Katy Le Roy and Cheryl Saunders