BURGESS, Michael <br/><br/>
Comparative federalism :  theory and practice 

 - New York :  Routledge,  2006 
 - 357 p. 
<br/><br/> Part I - Concept and meaning  1. Federalism and federation: the quest for meaning  2. The american federal experience  3. Federalism and federation: the origins and formation of federal states  4. Federalism, nationalism and the national state: legitimacy and the problem of national identity  Part II - Bases for comparative analysis  5. The comparative study of federal political systems  6. The Anglo-American and Continental European federal political traditions  7. The concept of representation in federalism and federation  8. Asymmetrical federalism and federation  9. The European Union as a federal model  Part III - Lessons of experiense  10. Federalism, democracy and the state in the era of globalisation  11. The success and failure of federation  12. Conclusion: comparative federalism in theory and practice  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415364558 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Federalismo<br/>Federação<br/>Análise Comparativa<br/>Democracia<br/>Estado<br/>Globalização<br/>Nacionalismo