Applying an innovative approach to capture varieties and dynamics of federal democracies, this collection examines the conditions, mechanisms and practices that make federal democracies work.

Edited by Arthur Benz and Jared Sonnicksen

Contributors 

1. Introduction 
Arthur Benz and Jared Sonnicksen
 
2. Federalism as a Yardstick for Democracy 
Thomas O. Hueglin 

3. Linking Federalism and Democracy. An Analytical Framework 
Arthur Benz 

4. Out of Balance: Executive Dominance in Federal Settings 
John Erik Fossum and David Laycock
 
5. Federalism and Democracy in the United States 
Timothy Conlan 

6. Federalism and Direct Democracy in Switzerland: Competing or Complementary? 
Sean Mueller 

7. Germany: How Federalism has shaped Consensus Democracy 
Sabine Kropp 

8. Between Co-evolution and Intercurrence: How Democracy has shaped Federalism in Canada 
Jörg Broschek 

9. Party Federalism in Australia 
Andrew Banfield and Anthony Sayers
 
10. Belgium: the Democratic State of the Federation 
Petra Meier and Peter Bursens 

11. Democracy and Federalism in Spain: Interactions, Tensions and Compatibilities 
César Colino 

12. Democracy and Federalism in India. Mutually Reinforcing? 
Wilfried Swenden and Katharine Adeney 

13. Comparing Patterns of Federal Democracy 
Arthur Benz and Jared Sonnicksen
 
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