Periodically, the Forum of Federations lists some of the most recently published books relating to federalism worldwide. We list only a limited number and we try to maintain a geographic and linguistic balance.

New Books on Federalism

 

January 2005 - January 2006

Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change In Federal Countries
by John Kincaid (Editor) and G. Alan Tarr (Editor)
Paperback: 467 pages
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press (May 30, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 0773529160
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Dialogues on Distribution of Powers and Responsibilities in Federal Countries
by Raoul Blindenbacher (Editor) and Abigail Ostien (Editor)
Paperback: 53 pages
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press (July 30, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 0773529403
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Characterisation in Federations: Six Countries Compared
by Gregory Taylor
Paperback: 183 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (November 14, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 3540271910
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American Intergovernmental Relations : A Fragmented Federal Polity
by G. Ross Stephens, Nelson Wikstrom
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press (March 3, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN: 0195172027
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Federalism in America : An Encyclopedia [Two Volumes]
by Troy E. Smith, Joseph R. Marbach (Editor), Ellis Katz (Editor)
Hardcover: 808 pages
Publisher: Greenwood Press (December 30, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 0313329478
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Comparative Federalism. A systematic Inquiry
by Thomas O. Hueglin and Alan Fenna
Publisher: Broadview Press (January 30, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN: 1551114100
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Hamilton's Paradox : The Promise and Peril of Fiscal Federalism
by Jonathan A. Rodden
Hardcover: 328 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (December 26, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 0521842697
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Le fédéralisme dans tous ses états : gouvernance, identité et méthodologie / The States and Moods of Federalism: Governance, Identity and Methodology (2005)
Edited by Jean-François Gaudrault-Desbiens and Fabien Gélinas
474 pages
Language: French / English
ISBN: 2-89451-796-3
Les Publications Gouvernmentales
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Why not Parties in Russia? : Democracy, Federalism, and the State
by Henry E. Hale
Hardcover: 280 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (December 5, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 0521844096
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Bilingual Today, United Tomorrow: Official Languages in Education and Canadian Federalism
by Matthew Hayday
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press (December 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 0773529608
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Federalism in North America: A Comparative Study of Institutions in the United States and Canada
by Herbert Arthur Smith
Hardcover: 333 pages
Publisher: Lawbook Exchange; Reprint edition (December 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 1584776242
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Comparative Federalism Theory and Practice
by Michael Burgess
Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (November 30, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 041536454X
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Federalism and Regionalism in Western Europe : A Comparative and Thematic Analysis
by Wilfried Swenden
Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (November 29, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 1403906270
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Muslim Civic Cultures and Conflict Resolution: The Challenge of Democratic Federalism in Nigeria (Brookings Series on U.S. Policy Toward the Islamic World)
by John N. Paden
Paperback: 303 pages
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press (November 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 0815768176
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Reforming Federalism - Foreign Experiences for a Reform in Germany
by Robbers Gerhard (Editor), Gerhard Robbers (Editor)
Paperback: 148 pages
Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Inc; 1st edition (September 20, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 3631546211
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2005 Supplement to Federal Courts, Federalism and Separation of Powers, Cases and Materials
by Donald L. Doernberg, C. Keith Wingate, Donald H. Zeigler
Paperback: 99 pages
Publisher: West; 3rd Suppl. edition (September 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 0314162089
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Federalism
by Jennifer Smith
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Univ of British Columbia Press (August 30, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 0774810610
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Congressional Preemption: Regulatory Federalism
by Joseph F. Zimmerman
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: State University of New York Press (August 4, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 0791465632
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Patterns of Regionalism and Federalism: Lessons for the UK
by Jorg Fedtke (Editor), Basil Markesinis (Editor)
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Hart Pub (August 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 1841134708
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Federalism and the Welfare State : New World and European Experiences
by Herbert Obinger (Editor), Stephan Leibfried (Editor), Francis G. Castles (Editor)
Paperback: 378 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (June 2, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 0521611849
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Federalism and the Market : Intergovernmental Conflict and Economic Reform in the Developing World
by Erik Wibbels
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (May 2, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 0521843812
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Encyclopedia of American Federalism
by John Kincaid (Editor)
Hardcover
Publisher: Cq Press (May 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 1568027540
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Multinational Federalism and Value Pluralism: The Spanish Case
by Ferran Requejo
Hardcover: 144 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (April 19, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 0415349516
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The Political Economy of Federalism in India
by M. Govinda Rao, Nirvikar Singh
Hardcover: 432 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press (April 14, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 0195670175
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Sovereign Immunity Or the Rule of Law: New Federalism's Choice
by Donald L. Doernberg
Paperback: 260 pages
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press (March 31, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 1594600120
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American Constitutional Law: Constitutional Structures : Separated Powers and Federalism
by Louis Fisher
Paperback
Publisher: Carolina Academic Pr; 6th edition (March 30, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 1594601216
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The Changing Faces of Federalism : Institutional Reconfiguration in Europe from East to West
by Sergio Ortino (Editor), Mitja Zagar (Editor), Vojtech Mastny (Editor)
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Manchester University Press (March 2, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 0719069963
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Theories of Federalism: A Reader
by Dimitrios Karmis (Editor), Wayne Norman (Editor)
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (February 19, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 0312295812
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Democracy and Federalism in the European Union and the United States; Exploring Post-National Governance
by S. Fabbrini
Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (January 10, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 041533392X
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Reforming Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and the Rebuilding of Indonesia: The "Big Bang" Program and its Economic Consequences
by James Alm (Editor), Jorge Martinez-Vazquez (Editor), Sri Mulyani Indrawati (Editor)
Hardcover: 392 pages
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing (January 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 1843764512
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Federal Courts: Cases and Materials on Judicial Federalism and the Lawyering Process
by Arthur D. Hellman
Publisher: LexisNexis (January 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 0820554618
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East Asia Decentralizes: Making Local Government Work
by World Bank
Paperback: 267 pages
Publisher: World Bank Publications (June 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 0821360590
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Regionalism in Post-Suharto Indonesia
by Maribeth Erb
Hardcover: 234 pages
Publisher: Routledge Curzon; 1 edition (June 6, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 0415352002
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Territory, Identity and Space: Spacial Governance in a Fragmented Nation
by Allmendinger
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (December 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 041536034X
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Aboriginal Societies and the Common Law : A History of Sovereignty, Status, and Self-determination
by P. G. McHugh
Hardcover: 680 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press (February 24, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 019825248X
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This Country: A Reconciled Republic? (Paperback)
by Mark McKenna, Garry Shead
Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: UNSW Press (January 31, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 0868405515
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Publius: The Journal of Federalism; Volume 36, Number 1, Winter 2006
Online ISSN 1747-7107; Print ISSN 0048-5950
Oxford Journals

Éthiopie : le fédéralisme en question
Politique africaine, No. 99, October 2005
by Roland Marchal, Thomas Osmond, Cédric Barnes, Sarah Vaughan, Collectif
Softbound: 188 pages
Publisher : Karthala (November 1, 2005)
Language : French
ISBN : 2845867093
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Le fédéralisme
by François Saint-Ouen
Softbound: 125 pages
Publisher: Infolio (October 19, 2005)
Collection : Illico
Language : French
ISBN : 2884749071
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Le fédéralisme fiscal : Leçons de la théorie économique et expérience de 4 États fédéraux
by Michel Mignolet
Softbound: 410 pages
Publisher: De Boeck (July 6, 2005)
Collection : Économie Société Région
Language : French
ISBN : 2804148904
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La négation de la nation - Identité culturelle québécoise et le fédéralisme canadien
by Brouillet Eugenie
Softbound
Publisher: Septentrion (April 26, 2005)
Collection : CAHIERS DES AME
Language : French
ISBN : 2894484429
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La décentralisation depuis 1945
by Robert Delbo, Delphine Defrain-deodato, Florence Godet
Paperback: 118 pages
Publisher: LGDJ (June 1, 2005)
Collection : Politiques locales
Language : French
ISBN : 2275026622
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La décentralisation fiscale : Jusqu'où ?
by Mirko Hayat, Thierry Lambert, Collectif
Softbound: 230 pages
Publisher : Editions L'Harmattan (January 17, 2005)
Collection : Finances publiques
Language : French
ISBN : 2747575942
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Gouvernance et identité en Europe
by Robert Frank, Rosalind Greenstein, Collectif
Softbound: 278 pages
Publisher : Emile Bruylant (March 15, 2005)
Collection : Axes
Language : French
ISBN : 2802719815
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Gouvernance locale et développement territorial : Le cas des pays du Sud
by Améziane Ferguène
Softbound: 407 pages
Publisher: Editions L'Harmattan (January 17, 2005)
Collection : La Librairie des Humanités
Language : French
ISBN : 2747575306
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La gouvernance supranationale dans la construction européenne
by Wilfried Loth, Collectif
Softbound: 378 pages
Publisher : Emile Bruylant (June 28, 2005)
Collection : Organisation internationale et relations internationales
Language : French
ISBN : 2802720244
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La IIIe République Démocratique du Congo: Un nouveau régionalisme
Publisher: Ed. Pierre Verjans
Fédéralisme-régionalisme 2004-2005
Blvd. Du Rectorat, 7-B 31/Bte 43; B-4000 Liège - Sart Tilman
pverjans@ulg.ac.be

Notas sobre Federalismo Fiscal, Enfoques Positivos y Normativos
by Horacio Luis Pablo Piffano
Publisher: El Servicio de Difusión de la Creación Intelectual de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata; e-book
ISBN: 950-34-0301-4
Universidad Nacional de La Plata

Die Regionen mit Gesetzgebungshoheit. Eine rechtsvergleichende Untersuchung zu Föderalismus und Regionalismus in Europa
by Anna Gamper
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Group
ISBN 3-631-52107-3
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January 2005 - March 2005

International

Handbook of Federal Countries, 2005.
Edited by Ann L. Griffiths, Co-ordinated by Karl Nerenberg.
Published by McGill-Queen's University Press, for the Forum of Federations
ISBN: 0-7735-2888-1 (cloth) February 2005.
McGill-Queens University Press

Constitutional Origins, Structure and Change in Federal Countries.
Edited by John Kincaid and G. Alan Tarr.
Published by McGill-Queen's University Press, for the Forum of Federations
ISBN: 0-7735-2849-0 (cloth) and 0-7735-2916-0 (paper) February 2005.
McGill-Queens University Press

Dialogues on Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Countries.
Edited by Raoul Blindenbacher and Abigail Ostien.
Published by McGill-Queen's University Press, for the Forum of Federations
ISBN: 0-7735-2939-X (paper) February 2005.
McGill-Queens University Press

Dialogues on Distribution of Powers and Responsibilities in Federal Countries.
Edited by Raoul Blindenbacher and Abigail Ostien.
Published by McGill-Queen's University Press, for the Forum of Federations
ISBN: 0-7735-2940-3 (paper) February 2005.

March 2004 - December 2004

International

The Formation of National Party Systems : Federalism and Party Competition in Canada, Great Britain, India, and the United States
by Pradeep Chhibber, Ken Kollman
Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691119325
August 2004
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World Democratic Federalism: Peace and Justice Indivisible
by Myron J. Frankman
Vhps Palgrave
ISBN: 1403934924
August 4, 2004
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From Subjects to Citizens: A Hundred Years of Citizenship in Australia and Canada
by Pierre Boyer, Linda Cardinal, David Headon, David John Headon
University of Ottawa Press
March 2004
ISBN: 0776605534;
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The New Fiscal Federalism and the Social Safety Net
by James Hosek
National Book Network
ISBN: 0833024116
May 2004
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Federalism and Environmental Policy: Trust and the Politics of Implementation
by Denise Scheberle
Georgetown University Press
ISBN: 1589011007
April 2004
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Identity Politics: Filling the Gap Between Federalism and Independence
by Martin J. Dent
Ashgate Pub Co
ISBN: 0754637727
April 2004
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Federalism and Federation
by Preston King
Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0714680478
October 2004
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Globalization And Institutional Adjustment: Federalism As An Obstacle
by Axel Hulsemeyer
Ashgate Pub Co
ISBN: 075464295X
October 2004
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Federalism, Subnational Constitutions, and Minority Rights
by G. Alan Tarr (Editor), Robert F. Williams (Editor), Josef Marko (Editor)
Praeger Publishers
ISBN: 0275980243
August 2004
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Federalism And Second Chambers: Regional Representation In Parliamentary Federations: The Australian Senate And German Bundesrat Compared
by Wilfried Swenden
Peter Lang Pub Inc
ISBN: 9052012113
March 2004
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The Politics of World Federation: from World Federalism to Global Governance
by Joseph Preston Baratta
Praeger Publishers
ISBN: 0275980685
June 2004
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Theories of Federalism: A Reader
by Dimitrios Karmis (Editor), Wayne Norman (Editor)
Vhps Palgrave
ISBN: 0312295804
November 2004
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Federalism
by Jennifer Smith
Univ of Washington Press
ISBN: 0774810602
August 2004
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Shifting States in Global Markets: Subnational Industrial Policy in Contemporary Brazil and Spain
by Alfred P. Montero
Pennsylvania State University Press
ISBN: 0271025298
August 2004
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Sovereign Immunity and/or the Rule of Law: The New Federalism
by Donald L. Doernberg
Carolina Academic Press
ISBN: 1594600120
September 2004
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Max Weber et les relations ethniques. Du refus du biologisme racial à l'État multinational
par Elka Winter
Les Presses de l'Université Laval
ISBN : 2-7637-8053-9
Juin 2004
ULaval

Mondialisation, gouvernance et nouvelles stratégies subétatiques
Sous la direction de Guy Lachapelle et Stéphane Paquin
Mai 2004
ISBN :2-7637-8057-1
ULaval

India

Decentralization and Local Politics
by Shree Nagesh Jha, P. C. Mathur
Sage Pubns
ISBN: 076199338X
December 2004
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The State and the Poor
by Echeverri-Gent
University of California Press
ISBN: 0520080823
August 2004
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Nigeria

Muslim Civic Cultures and Conflict Resolution: the Challenge of Democratic Federalism in Nigeria
by John N. Paden
Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 0815768176
December 2004
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Structural Adjustment and the Nigerian State
by Pita Ogaba Agbese, Julius Omozuanvbo Ihonvbere
Howard Univ Press
ISBN: 0882581961
December 2004
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United States

Federal Taxation in America: A Short History
by W. Elliot Brownlee
Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 052154520X
May 2004
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Contested Policy: The Rise and Fall of Federal Bilingual Education in the United States, 1960-2001
by Guadalupe, Jr. San Miguel
University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 1574411713
March 2004
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The Crisis in Tax Administration
by Henry J. Aaron (Editor), Joel Slemrod (Editor)
Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 0815701225
May 2004
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The Clean Water Act Handbook
by Mark A. Ryan
National Book NetworkM
ISBN: 1590312171
September 2004
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La Bataille américaine du fédéralisme
de Jean-Philippe Feldman
Presses Universitaires de France
ISBN : 2130524036
Mai 2004
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Canada

Canada: The State of the Federation 2002: Reconsidering the Institutions of Canadian Federalism
by J. Peter Meekison
McGill-Queens University Press
ISBN: 1553390091
March 2004
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Unfulfilled Union: Canadian Federalism and National Unity, Fourth Edition
by Garth Stevenson
McGill-Queens University Press
ISBN: 0773527443
May 2004
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Russia

Russia in the 20th and 21st Centuries: From Colossus to Collapse and Back
by Igor Vasilevich Bestuzhev-Lada, Igor V. Bezhtuzhev Lada
Nova Science Pub Inc
ISBN: 1560727098
May 2004
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Russian Crossroads: Toward the New Millennium
by Yevgeny Primakov
Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300097921
August 2004
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Democracy and Pluralism in the Muslim Regions of the Former Soviet Union
by Yaacov Ro'I
Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0714652253
September 2004
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Restructuring Post-Communist Russia
by Yitzhak Brudny
Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521840279
June 2004
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Copyright, Freedom of Speech and Cultural Policy in the Russian Federation
by Michiel Elst
Brill Academic Pub
ISBN: 9004140875
November 2004
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The Politics of Local Government in Russia
by Alfred B. Evans (Editor), Vladimir Geleman (Editor)
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 0742524795
May 2004
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Shadow Separatism: Implications For Democratic Consolidation
Matthew Crosston
Ashgate Pub Co
ISBN: 0754640906
November 2004
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Mexico

Mexico's Democracy At Work: Political And Economic Dynamics
Russell Crandall, Guadalupe Paz, Riordan Roett
Lynne Rienner Pub
ISBN: 1588263258
September 2004
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Mexico's New Politics: The Pan And Democratic Change
by David A. Shirk
Lynne Rienner Pub
ISBN: 1588262707
October 2004
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Mexico: The Struggle for Democratic Development
Dan Levy
University of California Press
ISBN: 0520228316
August 2004
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Understanding the Chiapas Rebellion: Modernist Visions and the Invisible Indian
Nicholas P. Higgins
University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292702949
December 2004
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Argentina

Federalismo y Descentralizacion En Grandes Ciudades: Buenos Aires En Perspectiva Comparada
by Gustavo Badia, Marcelo Escobar
Prometeo
ISBN: 9509217727
August 2004
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Argentina En Colapso?: The Americas Debate
Margarita Gutman
Independent Publishers Group
ISBN: 9879803310
August 2004
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European Union

Europe Recast: A History of European Union
Desmond Dinan
Lynne Rienner Pub
ISBN: 1588262057
June 2004
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The Constitution of the European Union
Grainne De Burca, Joanne Scott
Northwestern Univ Pr
ISBN: 0406905797
September 2004
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Multi-Level Governance and Institutional Change: The Europeanization of Regional Policy in Italy
Enrico Gualini
Ashgate Pub Co
ISBN: 0754636267
May 2004
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Domestic Budgets in a United Europe: Fiscal Governance from the End of Bretton Woods to EMU
Mark Hallerberg
Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801442710
September 2004
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Law and Governance in Postnational Europe: Compliance beyond the Nation-State
Michael Zürn
Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521841356
December 2004
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Minorités et régionalisme 4e édition : dans l'Europe fédérale des régions
P Hillard
F.X. de Guibert
ISBN: 2868399509
Avril 2004
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Switzerland

The Politics and Government of Switzerland
Clive H. Church
Vhps Palgrave
ISBN: 0333692772
March 2004
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Belgium

Au nom de la Wallonie et de Bruxelles français : Mouvement wallon, fédéralisme et liberté linguistique
de Chantal Kesteloot, Hervé
Hasquin
ISBN : 2870279876
2004
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Indigenous

The Cherokee Cases: Two Landmark Federal Decisions in the Fight for Sovereignty
Jill Norgren
University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806136065
April 2004
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Genocide and Settler Society: Frontier Violence and Stolen Indigenous Children in Australian History
A. Dirk Moses
Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1571814108
September 2004
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Rights for Aborigines
Bain Attwood
Independent Publishers Group
ISBN: 1864489839
August 2004
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Aboriginal Australians
Richard Broome
Independent Publishers Group
ISBN: 1865087556
August 2004
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Permission to Develop. Aboriginal Treaties, Case Law and Regulations
Jerry P. White, Paul Maxim, and Nicholas Spence
Thompson Educational Inc
ISBN 1-55077-145-0
August 2004
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Conflict, Politics and Crime
Chris Cunneen
Independent Publishers Group
ISBN: 1864487194
August 2004
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Aboriginal Societies and the Common Law: A History of Sovereignty, Status, and Self-Determination
P. G. McHugh
Oxford University Press UK
ISBN: 019825248X
December 2004
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