Concurrency of powers is a key to governance in most federal systems. This volume, Concurrent Powers in Federal Systems: Meaning, Making and Managing, is the first to examine from a comparative perspective its various manifestations, reasons for emergence, and management strategies.

Nico Steytler is the South African Research Chair in Multilevel Government, Law and Policy, University of the Western Cape, South Africa. His research is comparative federalism and is the past president of the International Association of Centres for Federal Studies.