Ronald L Watts
Biographic Data
| ID | 3976608 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ronald L Watts |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ronald L |
| FAMILY NAME | Watts |
| SIGNATURE | WATTS R L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 143 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1964 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Distribution of Powers and Responsibilities in Federal Countries
The Impact of Global and Regional Integration on Federal Systems
THE IMPACT OF GLOBAL AND REGIONAL INTEGRATION ON FEDERAL SYSTEMS A Comparative Analysis Edited by Harvey Lazar, Hamish Telford, and Ronald L. Watts Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queeris University Press, 2003. viii, 378pp, $65.00 cloth (ISBN 1-55339-003-2), $29.95 paper (ISBN 1-55339-002-4)Generally, until the last third of the 2oth century, analysts of federations predicted their inevitable unitary destinations, in function if not in form. The e…
Les principales tendances du fédéralisme au XXe siècle
Au cours du XXe siècle, 24 pays se sont organisés en systèmes politiques fédéraux, soit qu’ils se sont dénommés eux-mêmes de la sorte, soit qu’ils ont rempli les critères habituellement utilisés pour caractériser de tels systèmes. Le succès de la solution fédérale a été particulièrement important entre 1945 et 1960 ainsi que lors la dernière décade. L’analyse des expériences fédérales pendant ce siècle permettent de dégager quatre critères nécess…
Equalization in Commonwealth Federations
This contribution focuses primarily on the similarities and differences of equalization arrangements in Australia, Canada and India, but also refers to significant features of equalization arrangements in Pakistan, Malaysia, Nigeria and South Africa. The following issues are considered: (1) horizontal disparities and the importance of financial equalization; (2) the degree to which equalization arrangements are constitutionalized; (3) federal-sta…
Introduction
As long as cautions about the limits to the transnational transferability of institutions are kept in mind, there is a genuine value in comparative analyses of federal financial relations in different countries. In such studies it is essential to consider the broader social and political context within which these financial relations operate. Two sets of distinctions need to be made: between ‘decentralization’ and ‘non-centralization’ and between…
Federalism and Political Performance . Ute Wachendorfer-Schmidt
Models of federal power sharing
Concurrent contemporary pressures for both larger and smaller political units have contributed to the appeal of federal political systems as a way of reconciling both these pressures and of accommodating social diversity within a polity. Among the major federal institutional models that have resulted have been unions, constitutionally decentralised unions, federations, confederations, federacies, associated states, condominiums, leagues, joint fu…
Introduction
Under the pressure of globalization we appear to be in the midst of a paradigm shift from a world of nation-states to one in which federalism provides the closest political approximation to the complex diversity of the contemporaryworld. In this context the Forum of Federations, as its first major activity, held an international conference at Mont Tremblant, Quebec, 5-8 October 1999, on 'Federalism in an Era of Globalization'. The articles in thi…
Comparing Federal Systems in the 1990s
Federalism, Federal Political Systems, and Federations
Political events in various parts of the world during the past decade have attracted new attention to the strengths and weaknesses of federal solutions as a means of resolving political problems. Conceptual distinctions have been drawn between “federalism” as a normative term, “federal political systems” as a descriptive term referring to a broad genus of federal arrangements, and “federation” as a particular species within that genus. The extens…
Canada
During the past three decades Canada has experienced four periods of major constitutional crisis, each of which has involved intense and contentious deliberations and debate over restructuring the federation. These resulted in only partial success in 1982 and total failure in the others. In most cases the periods of crisis have been followed by periods of exhausted quiescence before the fundamental structural problems of the federation have led o…
Why Meech Failed
Constitutional Odyssey
Constitutional Odyssey is an account of the politics of making and changing Canada's constitution from Confederation to the present day. Peter H. Russell frames his analysis around two contrasting constitutional philosophies Edmund Burke's conception of the constitution as a set of laws and practices incrementally adapting to changing needs and societal differences, and John Locke's ideal of a Constitution as a single document expressing the will…
Executive Federalism
Options for a New Canada
This DOI is not currently attached to any metadata records. DOIs can’t actually ever be deleted (they’re persistent), but sometimes our members create DOIs in error. We do have a process to approximate deletion which we follow only in rare cases where the DOI has been genuinely created in error, and most crucially, if the DOI has never been published anywhere online or in print and never otherwise distributed to or communicated with anyone (autho…
Canada
Canadian Federalism in the 1990s
Failure to ratify the Meech Lake Accord in 1990 has produced a constitutional crisis in Canada and sharpened the polarization between Quebec and the rest of Canada. The future of Canadian federalism and of Canada as a nation is now in question. Procedural factors contributing to the failure of Meech Lake included flaws in the constitutional amendment process, inadequate public involvement, distrust of executive federalism, inept political leaders…
Canada
Canada
The American Constitution in Comparative Perspective
Journal Article The American Constitution in Comparative Perspective: A Comparison of Federalism in the United States and Canada Get access Ronald L. Watts Ronald L. Watts professor of political studies Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 74, Issue 3, December 1987, Pages 769–791, https://doi.org/10.2307/1902152 Published: 01 Dec…
The Macdonald Commission Report and Canadian Federalism
Journal Article The Macdonald Commission Report and Canadian Federalism Get access Ronald L. Watts Ronald L. Watts Queen's University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Volume 16, Issue 3, Summer 1986, Pages 175–200, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a037604 Published: 01 January 1986
Revising the Federal Constitution of SwitzerlandCharles F. Schuetz Ottawa
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Administration in Federal Systems
New Federations
New Federations. Experiments in the Commonwealth
Federalism, Federal Political Systems, and Federations
Political events in various parts of the world during the past decade have attracted new attention to the strengths and weaknesses of federal solutions as a means of resolving political problems. Conceptual distinctions have been drawn between “federalism” as a normative term, “federal political systems” as a descriptive term referring to a broad genus of federal arrangements, and “federation” as a particular species within that genus. The extens…
Comparing Federal Systems in the 1990s
Executive Federalism
The American Constitution in Comparative Perspective
Journal Article The American Constitution in Comparative Perspective: A Comparison of Federalism in the United States and Canada Get access Ronald L. Watts Ronald L. Watts professor of political studies Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 74, Issue 3, December 1987, Pages 769–791, https://doi.org/10.2307/1902152 Published: 01 Dec…
New Federations. Experiments in the Commonwealth
Equalization in Commonwealth Federations
This contribution focuses primarily on the similarities and differences of equalization arrangements in Australia, Canada and India, but also refers to significant features of equalization arrangements in Pakistan, Malaysia, Nigeria and South Africa. The following issues are considered: (1) horizontal disparities and the importance of financial equalization; (2) the degree to which equalization arrangements are constitutionalized; (3) federal-sta…
Canada
Canada
Canadian Federalism in the 1990s
Failure to ratify the Meech Lake Accord in 1990 has produced a constitutional crisis in Canada and sharpened the polarization between Quebec and the rest of Canada. The future of Canadian federalism and of Canada as a nation is now in question. Procedural factors contributing to the failure of Meech Lake included flaws in the constitutional amendment process, inadequate public involvement, distrust of executive federalism, inept political leaders…
The Impact of Global and Regional Integration on Federal Systems
THE IMPACT OF GLOBAL AND REGIONAL INTEGRATION ON FEDERAL SYSTEMS A Comparative Analysis Edited by Harvey Lazar, Hamish Telford, and Ronald L. Watts Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queeris University Press, 2003. viii, 378pp, $65.00 cloth (ISBN 1-55339-003-2), $29.95 paper (ISBN 1-55339-002-4)Generally, until the last third of the 2oth century, analysts of federations predicted their inevitable unitary destinations, in function if not in form. The e…
Models of federal power sharing
Concurrent contemporary pressures for both larger and smaller political units have contributed to the appeal of federal political systems as a way of reconciling both these pressures and of accommodating social diversity within a polity. Among the major federal institutional models that have resulted have been unions, constitutionally decentralised unions, federations, confederations, federacies, associated states, condominiums, leagues, joint fu…
Introduction
As long as cautions about the limits to the transnational transferability of institutions are kept in mind, there is a genuine value in comparative analyses of federal financial relations in different countries. In such studies it is essential to consider the broader social and political context within which these financial relations operate. Two sets of distinctions need to be made: between ‘decentralization’ and ‘non-centralization’ and between…
Canada
During the past three decades Canada has experienced four periods of major constitutional crisis, each of which has involved intense and contentious deliberations and debate over restructuring the federation. These resulted in only partial success in 1982 and total failure in the others. In most cases the periods of crisis have been followed by periods of exhausted quiescence before the fundamental structural problems of the federation have led o…
Why Meech Failed
Canada
The Macdonald Commission Report and Canadian Federalism
Journal Article The Macdonald Commission Report and Canadian Federalism Get access Ronald L. Watts Ronald L. Watts Queen's University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Volume 16, Issue 3, Summer 1986, Pages 175–200, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a037604 Published: 01 January 1986
University of East Africa Conferences on Public Policy
This was the second in a series of three conferences on public policy, organised by the University of East Africa and financed by the Ford Foundation, whose aim is to bring together policy-makers and academics for discussions on major public issues. In attendance were delegations, of at least a dozen each, from Uganda, Kenya, and Tanganyika, consisting mainly of Cabinet Ministers, parliamentary secretaries, other M.P.s, and civil servants, as wel…
New Federations
New Federations. Experiments in the Commonwealth
Administration in Federal Systems
Revising the Federal Constitution of SwitzerlandCharles F. Schuetz Ottawa
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Macdonald Commission Report and Canadian Federalism
Journal Article The Macdonald Commission Report and Canadian Federalism Get access Ronald L. Watts Ronald L. Watts Queen's University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Volume 16, Issue 3, Summer 1986, Pages 175–200, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a037604 Published: 01 January 1986
The American Constitution in Comparative Perspective
Journal Article The American Constitution in Comparative Perspective: A Comparison of Federalism in the United States and Canada Get access Ronald L. Watts Ronald L. Watts professor of political studies Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 74, Issue 3, December 1987, Pages 769–791, https://doi.org/10.2307/1902152 Published: 01 Dec…
Canada
Canada
Options for a New Canada
This DOI is not currently attached to any metadata records. DOIs can’t actually ever be deleted (they’re persistent), but sometimes our members create DOIs in error. We do have a process to approximate deletion which we follow only in rare cases where the DOI has been genuinely created in error, and most crucially, if the DOI has never been published anywhere online or in print and never otherwise distributed to or communicated with anyone (autho…
Canada
Canadian Federalism in the 1990s
Failure to ratify the Meech Lake Accord in 1990 has produced a constitutional crisis in Canada and sharpened the polarization between Quebec and the rest of Canada. The future of Canadian federalism and of Canada as a nation is now in question. Procedural factors contributing to the failure of Meech Lake included flaws in the constitutional amendment process, inadequate public involvement, distrust of executive federalism, inept political leaders…
Executive Federalism
Why Meech Failed
Constitutional Odyssey
Constitutional Odyssey is an account of the politics of making and changing Canada's constitution from Confederation to the present day. Peter H. Russell frames his analysis around two contrasting constitutional philosophies Edmund Burke's conception of the constitution as a set of laws and practices incrementally adapting to changing needs and societal differences, and John Locke's ideal of a Constitution as a single document expressing the will…
Canada
During the past three decades Canada has experienced four periods of major constitutional crisis, each of which has involved intense and contentious deliberations and debate over restructuring the federation. These resulted in only partial success in 1982 and total failure in the others. In most cases the periods of crisis have been followed by periods of exhausted quiescence before the fundamental structural problems of the federation have led o…
Federalism, Federal Political Systems, and Federations
Political events in various parts of the world during the past decade have attracted new attention to the strengths and weaknesses of federal solutions as a means of resolving political problems. Conceptual distinctions have been drawn between “federalism” as a normative term, “federal political systems” as a descriptive term referring to a broad genus of federal arrangements, and “federation” as a particular species within that genus. The extens…
Comparing Federal Systems in the 1990s
Models of federal power sharing
Concurrent contemporary pressures for both larger and smaller political units have contributed to the appeal of federal political systems as a way of reconciling both these pressures and of accommodating social diversity within a polity. Among the major federal institutional models that have resulted have been unions, constitutionally decentralised unions, federations, confederations, federacies, associated states, condominiums, leagues, joint fu…
Introduction
Under the pressure of globalization we appear to be in the midst of a paradigm shift from a world of nation-states to one in which federalism provides the closest political approximation to the complex diversity of the contemporaryworld. In this context the Forum of Federations, as its first major activity, held an international conference at Mont Tremblant, Quebec, 5-8 October 1999, on 'Federalism in an Era of Globalization'. The articles in thi…
Federalism and Political Performance . Ute Wachendorfer-Schmidt
Les principales tendances du fédéralisme au XXe siècle
Au cours du XXe siècle, 24 pays se sont organisés en systèmes politiques fédéraux, soit qu’ils se sont dénommés eux-mêmes de la sorte, soit qu’ils ont rempli les critères habituellement utilisés pour caractériser de tels systèmes. Le succès de la solution fédérale a été particulièrement important entre 1945 et 1960 ainsi que lors la dernière décade. L’analyse des expériences fédérales pendant ce siècle permettent de dégager quatre critères nécess…
Equalization in Commonwealth Federations
This contribution focuses primarily on the similarities and differences of equalization arrangements in Australia, Canada and India, but also refers to significant features of equalization arrangements in Pakistan, Malaysia, Nigeria and South Africa. The following issues are considered: (1) horizontal disparities and the importance of financial equalization; (2) the degree to which equalization arrangements are constitutionalized; (3) federal-sta…
Introduction
As long as cautions about the limits to the transnational transferability of institutions are kept in mind, there is a genuine value in comparative analyses of federal financial relations in different countries. In such studies it is essential to consider the broader social and political context within which these financial relations operate. Two sets of distinctions need to be made: between ‘decentralization’ and ‘non-centralization’ and between…
Distribution of Powers and Responsibilities in Federal Countries
Political science (25 works) · Law (18 works) · Law (14 works) · Political Systems and Governance (13 works) · Politics (11 works) · Federalism (8 works) · Geography (8 works) · Public Administration (8 works) · Canadian Policy and Governance (6 works) · Economics (6 works)