Global Dialogue Publications

Book 1
Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Countries

Book 2
Distribution of Powers and Responsibilities in Federal Countries

Book 3
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Governance in Federal Countries

Book 4
The Practice of Fiscal Federalism: Comparative Studies




Booklet 1
Dialogues on Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Countries

Booklet 2
Dialogues on Distribution of Powers and Responsibilities in Federal Countries

Booklet 3
Dialogues on Legislative, Executive and Judicial Governance in Federal Countries

Booklet 4
Dialogues on the Practice of Fiscal Federalism

Booklet 5
Dialogues on Foreign Relations in Federal Countries: Comparative Perspectives

Booklet 6
Dialogues on Local Government and Metropolitan Regions in Federal Countries


Dialogues on Local Government and Metropolitan Regions in Federal Countries

Global Dialogue Booklet 6Booklet Series, Vol. 6

Edited by Raoul Blindenbacher and Chandra Pasma

Booklet 6 explores the topic of local government and metropolitan regions and provides a comparative snapshot of how power is distributed in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States.

Raoul Blindenbacher (Forum of Federations), Martin Burgi (Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany), Luis Cesar (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Jaap de Visser (University of Western Cape, South Africa), Habu Galadima (University of Jos, Nigeria), Sol Garson (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Boris Graizbord (National College of Mexico, Mexico), Rakesh Hooja (HCM Rajasthan State Institute of Public Administration and Principal Secretary to Government, India), Andreas Kiefer (European Affairs Office of the Land Salzburg, Austria), Andreas Ladner (Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration, Switzerland), George Mathew (Institute of Social Sciences, India), Thomas Minger (Conference of Cantonal Governments, Switzerland), Mike Pagano (University of Illinois at Chicago, United States), Chandra Pasma (Forum of Federations), Graham Sansom (University of Technology Sydney, Australia), Franz Schausberger, Salzburg University, Austria), Nico Steytler (University of Western Cape, South Africa), Francisco Velasco Caballero (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain), and Robert Young (University of Western Ontario, Canada).

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