The Dynamics of Federalism in National and Supranational Political Systems

by Pagano, Michael A.; Leonardi, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780230019591
• ISBN10: 0230019595
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-02-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This collection of essays is designed to help scholars and practitioners understand the fluid and dynamic nature of federalism, with particular emphasis on the federal system in the United States.

Author Biography

MICHAEL A. PAGANO is Professor and Director of Public Administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago and is co-editor with Susan Clarke and Gary Gaile of Urban Affairs Review. He has published numerous articles and books on urban finance, capital budgeting, federalism, transportation policy, infrastructure, urban development and fiscal policy; his latest coauthored book with Ann O'M. Bowman is entitled Terra Incognita: Vacant Land and Urban Strategies (2004). Since 1991, he has written the annual City Fiscal Conditions report for the National League of Cities.

ROBERT LEONARDI, Director of the Economic and Social Cohesion Laboratory, European Institute, London School of Economics, has been engaged in research on the politics and policies of the European Union, with a special emphasis on cohesion policy and the single market. His latest publication is Cohesion Policy in the European Union: The Building of Europe.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. ix
List of Tables	p. xi
Preface	p. xii
Notes on the Contributors	p. xv
In the Eye of the Beholder: The Dynamics of Federalism in National and Supranational Political Systems	p. 3
Constitutional and Political Framework	p. 19
Overview and Introduction	p. 21
Types of Federalism: Achieving Self-Governing Capabilities in Societies with Federal Potentials	p. 27
"Thinking Federally" from a Governance Perspective	p. 55
Social Forces, Space and Boundaries	p. 86
The Fiscal Framework	p. 101
Overview and Introduction	p. 103
Wealth and Tax Systems	p. 107
Local Government Own-source Revenues and Debt Financing: Structure and Stress	p. 136
Fiscal Federalism and Intergovernmental Revenues in the US	p. 167
The Policy Framework	p. 199
Overview and Introduction	p. 201
Dividing the Job Revisited: Learning from the United States Case 1789-2006	p. 205
Efficient and Equitable Service Delivery in a Federal System	p. 223
Intergovernmental Policy Management: Cooperative Practices in Federal Systems	p. 248
Conclusion	p. 285
Conclusion	p. 287
Thinking About Federal Systems in the 21st Century in Light of the European Experience with "Operational" Federalism	p. 288
Bibliography	p. 305
Index	p. 333
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