• Acknowledgements


• 1: Arthur Benz and Jörg Broschek: Federal Dynamics: Introduction


• Part I: Models, Varieties and Dimensions of Federalism


• 2: Arthur Benz: Dimensions and Dynamics of Federal Regimes


• 3: Thomas Hueglin: Comparing Federalisms: Variations or Distinct Models?


• 4: César Colino: Varieties of Federalism and Propensities for Change


• Part II: Timing and Sequencing and Historical Evolution


• 5: Jörg Broschek: Between Path Dependence and Gradual Change: Historical Institutionalism and the Study of Federal Dynamics


• 6: Kathleen Thelen and Sebastian Karcher: Resilience and Change in Federal Institutions: The Case of the German Federal Council


• 7: Tulia Falleti: Decentralization in Time: A Process-Tracing Approach to Federal Dynamics of Change


• 9: Mikhail Filippov and Olga Shvetsova: Federalism, Democracy and Democratization


• 10: Anthony Sayers and Andrew Banfield: The Evolution of Federalism and Executive Power in Canada and Australia


• Part III: Social Change and Political Structuring


• 11: Daniel Béland and André Lecours: Federalism, Nationalist Politics, and Social Policy: How Ideas and Institutions Interact to Produce or Prevent Change


• 12: Lori Thorlakson: Dynamics of Change in Federal Representation


• 13: Wilfried Swenden and Simon Toubeau: Mainstream Parties and Territorial Dynamics in the UK, Spain and India


• Part IV: Actors, Institutions and Internal Dynamics


• 14: Jenna Bednar: Constitutional Change in Federations: The Role of Complementary Institutions


• 15: Bettina Petersohn: Constitutional Reform and Federal Dynamics: Causes and Effects


• 16: Nicole Bolleyer): Paradoxes of Self-Coordination in Federal Systems


• 17: Dietmar Braun and Philipp Trein: Economic Crisis and Federal Dynamics


• Conclusion: Theorizing Federal Dynamics

Arthur Benz's research, over the last decade, has focused on politics and policy-making in multilevel governance and constitutional change in federal or federalising systems. The results of his research have been published in books and journals such as Public Administration, Regional and Federal Studies, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, and West European Politics. He is Professor of Political Science at the Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany.
Jörg Broschek is author of a book on Canadian federalism (Der kanadische Föderalismus. Eine historisch-institutionalistische Analyse, Wiesbaden 2009). His articles have been published in academic journals including the Canadian Journal of Political Science, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Regional and Federal Studies, and the Swiss Political Science Review. He is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Technische Universität Darmstadt. His current research focuses on institutional and policy change in federal systems.

Federal Dynamics aids understanding of how federal systems change over time. It assembles contributions from leading scholars in the field of comparative federalism to discuss the value of different analytical tools and theoretical approaches for exploring the dynamics of federal systems.