The Ways of Federalism in Western Countries and the Horizons of Territorial Autonomy in Spain: Volume 2

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Intergovernmental Relations in the Architecture of Federal System: The United States....Pages 3-12
Intergovernmental Relations in Canada: A Horizontal Perspective....Pages 13-37
The Intergovernmental Relations in Federal Systems: The Model of Germany....Pages 39-47
The Intergovernmental Relations in Switzerland....Pages 49-61
The Participation of Autonomous Communities in the Central Bodies of State....Pages 63-81
Intergovernmental Relations in Spain and the Constitutional Court Ruling on the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia: What’s Next?....Pages 83-109
Intergovernmental Relations in the Spanish Federal System: In Search of a Model....Pages 111-124
The Principle of Separation of Powers in Crisis: Intergovernmental Relations in Comparative Perspective....Pages 125-135
Roads to Rome: Alternative Intergovernmental Routes to Policy Frameworks in Federations....Pages 137-147
Evolution of Intergovernmental Relations and the Strengthening of Autonomy....Pages 149-163
The Present and Future Nature of Intergovernmental Relations: A Comparative Vision of the Model in the USA and in Spain....Pages 165-175
The Principle of Bilateralism in the Statutory Reforms Following Constitutional Court Ruling: STC 31/2010. Desire and Reality....Pages 177-194
Cooperation Between Autonomous Communities: An Opportunity to Rationalise the Autonomous State in Times of Crisis....Pages 195-210
Horizontal Cooperation: Unfinished Business for the Spanish Autonomic State Framework....Pages 211-226
New Cooperation Mechanisms Within the State of Autonomies....Pages 227-235
Horizontal Cooperation in the Autonomous State: The Conference of Autonomous Presidents....Pages 237-245
Vertical Cooperation in Horizontal Subjects: Immigration as an Issue for All....Pages 247-258
Intergovernmental Cooperation and Social Policies in the State of the Autonomies: The Institutional Framework for the Governance of the Dependent Care....Pages 259-267
The Commission Co-ordinating Climate Change Policies: About the Complexity of Vertical and Horizontal Mainstreaming of Climate Change Policy and the Intergovernmental Relations....Pages 269-281
The Relations of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands in the European Integration Process....Pages 283-290
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Institutionalization of Intergovernmental Relations in a Federal State: Bilateral Treaties Under “New Centralism” in Russia....Pages 291-302
Sub-state Entity Participation During the 2010 Presidencies of the EU Council....Pages 303-314
Devolution in Scotland: A Historical Institutionalist Approach for the Explanation of Anglo-Scottish Relations....Pages 315-328
Front Matter....Pages 329-329
Reflections on Diversity in Canada: Competing Models....Pages 331-340
Trust and Mistrust Between Harper and Québec....Pages 341-358
¿Café para todos? Homogeneity, Difference, and Canadian Federalism....Pages 359-374
The Federal Option and Constitutional Management of Diversity in Spain....Pages 375-399
Political Autonomy, Federalisation and Statutary Declaration of Rights....Pages 401-417
Special Civil Law as a Sign of Political Identity: A Constitutional Approach to the Case of the Valencian Community....Pages 419-435
“Fragmentation” of the Fundamental Right to Life: Between Territorial Decentralization and the Knowledge-Based Economy....Pages 437-458
Federalization and Minority Accommodation....Pages 459-469
Spanish Languages and the Constitutional Order to Be Upheld (or How to Report on a Continuous Present Half-Way Through the Day)....Pages 471-491
Religious Freedom in School Dining Areas and Its Enemies....Pages 493-520
Cultural Diversity, Human Rights, and Democratic Process: A Case of Limits....Pages 521-533
The Indigenous Question and the Territorial Organisation of the State in Latin American Refounding Constitutionalism....Pages 535-573
The Qualitative Development of the Spanish System of Autonomous Communities: Changes to the Statutes of Autonomy....Pages 575-586
Statutory Rights and the Federal System....Pages 587-596
Multilevel Rights Protection in Canada....Pages 597-606
Difference, Dissent, and Community Identity: Striking the Balance in Rights Theory and Jurisprudence....Pages 607-617
Exploring the Social Origins of Elite Accommodation: Recognition and Civil Society Integration in Divided Societies....Pages 619-636
Front Matter....Pages 637-637
Openness, Complexity, and Asymmetry: A Comparative Perspective on the Challenges of the “Autonomic State”....Pages 639-655
Prevalence and Primacy: An Essay on Their Scope....Pages 657-667
The Primacy Clause in the Spanish Constitution: A Contribution to the Debate....Pages 669-678
Asymmetry as an Element of Federalism: A Theoretical Speculation Fifty Years Later—Readdress the Spanish Case....Pages 679-690
The Principle of Federal Loyalty and Trust in the Estado De Las Autonomías....Pages 691-700
Brief Considerations Regarding the Structure of the Spanish Senate and the Boundary Between Federal Covenant and Autonomous State....Pages 701-710
The Adhesion of the Spanish Autonomic State to the Disaggregative Model of Federalism: A Possible Way....Pages 711-730
Democratic Citizenship and Spanish Multinational ( Dis )Order: Procedural Democracy Versus Secession Clause....Pages 731-742
The Decentralisation of the Advisory Function in the Autonomous State: The Position of the Council for Statutory Guarantees of Catalonia Following CCS 31/2010, of June 28....Pages 743-753
The Senate Territorial Groups....Pages 755-763
Reinforcement for the Position of Local Government in the New Statutes of Autonomy....Pages 765-780
A Basque (and Catalan) Republic Within a Federal Context: Reflections on New Scenarios in the Crisis of the Autonomous State....Pages 781-809
Federalism and Democracy in the Basque Country....Pages 811-823
Fractal Federalism for Complex Societies: The Basque Case....Pages 825-843
Diversity and ‘Frontier Effect’: The So-Called Shielding of the Basque Economic Agreement....Pages 845-852
Decentralization, Regional Parties, and Multilevel Governance in Spain....Pages 853-864
Autonomy or Independence: An Analysis of the 2010 Catalan Regional Election....Pages 865-872
The Role of Autonomous Communities in Euro-Regions and European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Development (with Particular Reference to the Galician Case)....Pages 873-880
Determining of Local Attributions on Sectorial Legislation in Spain....Pages 881-890
The Governance of Metropolitan Areas: Problems and Alternatives in the Spanish Case....Pages 891-901
Front Matter....Pages 637-637
The Advisable Coordination of the Autonomic Environmental Taxation as Reluctance to the Development of Fiscal Federalism....Pages 903-911