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    <namePart>Ostien, Abigail J.</namePart>
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    <publisher>Published for Forum of Federations and International Association of Centers for Federal Studies by McGill-Queen's University Press</publisher>
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  <tableOfContents>Australia: a quiet revolution in the balance of power / Clement Macintyre, John Williams -- Belguim: 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.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">edited by Raoul Blindenbacher and Abigail Ostien.</note>
  <note>Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.</note>
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    <topic>Institutions politiques comparées</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">JC355 .D475 2005aeb</classification>
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