Federalism and International Relations The Role of Subnational Units

by Michelmann, Hans J.; Soldatos, Panayotis

• ISBN13: 9780198274919
• ISBN10: 0198274912
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1991-02-21
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

This is the first comparative study of an increasingly important phenomenon: the international role and activities of component units of major liberal democratic federal states. The work identifies common themes and explores the reasons for the proliferation of paradiplomatic activities by these non-traditional actors on the international scene. Examining the nature and history of foreign policy federalism, the work focuses on the international role of subnational units in Austria, Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, Switzerland, and the United States, and assesses the implications of these paradiplomatic activities for the conduct of foreign policy in each federation.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	p. ix
Editors and Authors	p. xi
Perforated Sovereignties: Towards a Typology of New Actors in International Relations	p. 1
An Explanatory Framework for the Study of Federated States as Foreign-policy Actors	p. 34
Constituent Diplomacy in Federal Polities and the Nation-state: Conflict and Co-operation	p. 54
Australia	p. 77
Austria	p. 124
Belgium	p. 142
Canada	p. 176
The Federal Republic of Germany	p. 211
Switzerland	p. 245
The United States of America	p. 276
Conclusion	p. 299
Index	p. 316
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