Table of Contents:
  • Australia : a quiet revolution in the balance of power / Clement Macintyre, John Williams
  • Belgium : continuing changes in a new federal structure / Hugues Dumont ... [et al.]
  • Brazil : federation building and social welfare / Marcelo Piancastelli de Siqueira
  • Canada : competition within cooperative federalism / Richard Simeon
  • Germany : Länder implementing federal legislation / Hans-Peter Schneider
  • India : continuity and change in the federal union / George Mathew
  • Mexico : a historic election brings pressures for decentralization / Manuel González Oropeza
  • Nigeria : over-centralization after decades of military rule / J. Isawa Elaigwu
  • Spain : a unique model of state autonomy / Xavier Bernadí Gil, Clara Velasco
  • Switzerland : seeking a balance between shared rule and self-rule / Sarah Byrne, Thomas Fleiner
  • The United States of America : a federal government of limited powers / Ellis Katz
  • Comparative reflections / Ronald L. Watts.