Why federalism? Federalism and the origins of the polity The federal idea The federalist revolution Federalism, conflict resolution, and political integration Federalism and intergovernmental relations Federalism and consociationalism Federalism in light of contemporary political and social science What is federalism? The federal matrix and contrasting models The variety of federal arrangements Federalism as unity and diversity Federalism as structure and process Social, territorial, and cultural expressions of federalism Federalism as means and end Federalism as limited or comprehensive What is federalism designed to achieve? Federalism and pluralism Federalism and liberty Federalism, pluralism, and liberty Four levels of ends Federalism, republicanim, and democracy The worldwide federalist revolution Federal ideas and forms The history of federalism and the federal idea Ancient expressions of federalism Medieval efforts The federalist revival in the reformation Federalism, centralization, and state-building in the modern epoch Modern federal theory and new federal experiments Federalism: the present state of art The elements of federalism Federalism as a basis of political association The requisites of federal systems Maintaining union Maintaining noncentralization Maintaining the federal principle Local government in federal systems Antecedent influences on contemporary federal systems Thinking federal: the role of political culture Centralizing and decentralizing trends in contemporray federal systems The complexities of centralization in federal systems Overall tendencies Policy making and implementation Policy making bodies Institutional responses Parties and party systems Interim consclusions Will the postmodern epoch be an era of federalism? Whither the modern nation-state? Federal accomodation of peoples and publics Federalism in the third world Why federations failed Why federations succeeded Accommodating diversity Strengthening libery Spreading economic development The future of federalism in the third world Urbanization and the future of federalism Toward a new state system The postmodern epoch and the federalist revolution

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Terceiro Mundo