The Future of Australian Federalism

, by Appleby, Gabrielle; Aroney, Nicholas; John, Thomas

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ISBN: 9781107006379 | 1107006376
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 4/30/2012

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This volume explains and evaluates Australia's federal system and the options for reform from various comparative and disciplinary perspectives.

Notes on the contributors	p. viii
Foreword	p. xiv
Preface	p. xix
Australian federalism: past, present and future tense	p. 1
The federal-state balance	p. 25
The federal balance	p. 27
The incredible shrinking federation: voyage to a singular state?	p. 39
A sketch of the modern Australian federation	p. 66
The still reluctant state: Western Australia and the conceptual foundations of Australian federalism	p. 75
The division of power in federal systems: comparative lessons for Australia	p. 96
Instituting structural reform: comparative perspectives	p. 113
Reforming German federalism	p. 115
Polyphonic federalism: the United States experience	p. 141
The rise of coercive federalism in the United States: dynamic change with little formal reform	p. 157
The bargaining game: Canada as a new model of federal governance?	p. 180
'Bis hierher sollst du kommen und nicht weiter': the German Constitutional Court and the boundaries of the European integration process	p. 197
Federalism and multi-ethnic societies	p. 211
Dynamics of federalism: a comparative analysis of recent developments in federations and countries in transition to federalism	p. 213
Religious identities: testing the underlying preconceptions of Canadian federalism?	p. 228
Foedus Pacificum: a response to ethnic regionalism within nation states	p. 250
Federal diversity in Australia: a counter-narrative	p. 272
Fiscal federalism	p. 301
Fiscal federalism in Canada: principles, practices, problems	p. 303
Fiscal federalism: then and now	p. 320
Fiscal decentralisation and macroeconomic performance in Australia	p. 339
Reforming Australia's federal system	p. 363
Escaping purgatory: public opinion and the future of Australia's federal system	p. 365
The Rudd reforms and the future of Australian federalism	p. 393
Cooperative arrangements in comparative perspective	p. 414
Federalism and the Australian judicial system ù back to the future: the autochthonous expedient and other devices The Hon	p. 432
Federalism in Australia: gazing in the crystal ball of constitutional reform	p. 446
Index	p. 463
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The Future of Australian Federalism

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