Pathways of Federal Reform
Australia, Canada, Germany, and Switzerland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6375997 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jörg Broschek (0000-0001-6926-2509, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 51-76 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Publius The Journal of Federalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-5950 • E-ISSN: 1747-7107 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/publius/pju030 |
| OpenAlex | W2160417104 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
| References cited | 21 |
Applying a historical-institutionalist framework, this article systematically explores the patterns of institutional reform in four federations (Australia, Canada, Germany, and Switzerland) since the early 1990s. The article finds that the historical legacy of a federal system has an effect on the overarching reform goal (strengthening self-rule versus shared rule), as well as the scope (focused versus comprehensive) and mode (constitutional versus nonconstitutional) of reforms. Reforms in Australia and Canada were primarily concerned with pathologies such as unilateralism and duplication of competences and had as their main goal to strengthen shared rule. Reforms in Germany and Switzerland were initiated to disentangle both tiers of government by strengthening self-rule
Democracy · Electoral reform · Government (linguistics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Rule of law · Scope (computer science · Sociology · Unilateralism · Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Political Systems and Governance · Law · Public Administration
Trapped in the middle
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Why federalism matters
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Federal Reform
Covid-19 and territorial politics
Restructuring the State
Managing Constitutional Change in the Nigerian Federation
Second Chamber Reform in Italy
What is Federalism? Some Definitional Clarification
Shock or Design
Territorial Politics and Institutional Change
A Complex Intergovernmental Problem
Dual versus Administrative Federalism
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Patterns of federal democracy
Playing the Vertical Power Game
La coordinación institucional durante la pandemia de Covid-19
How Centralized Federations Avoid Over-centralization
Constitutional Change in Federations—A Framework for Analysis
Intergovernmental relations, social policy and federal transfers after Romanow
Making Federalism More Efficient
From Joint Decision Traps to Over-regulated Federalism
Comparing federal institutions
Shared Rule in Federal Political Systems
The Politics of Constitutional Change between Reform and Evolution
Constitutional Change in Switzerland
Intergovernmental Relations in Canada
Federalism and Fiscal Policy
Historical Institutionalism and the Varieties of Federalism in Germany and Canada
Reforming Federalism in Germany
New Structuralism and Institutional Change
The Howard Government, Regulatory Federalism and the Transformation of Commonwealth–State Relations
Governing in Good Times
Path dependence in historical sociology
| Unique citing works | 30 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,73 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 29 |