The federal idea : essays in honour of Ronald L. Watts / edited by Thomas J. Courchene ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Courchene, Thomas J.

Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Institute of Intergovernmental Relations.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Federal government.

Federal government--Canada.

Canada.

Watts, Ronald L. (Ronald Lampman).

Watts, Ronald L.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xiv, 521 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Kingston, Ont. : Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, Queen's University, [2011]

Language Note:

Chapter summaries in French.

Summary:

On October 18 to October 20, 2007, the Institute of Intergovernmental Relations (IIGR) in conjunction with the International Association of Centers for Federal Studies (IACFS) and the international Political Science Association Research Committee on Federalism and Federation was privileged to host and organize "The Federal Idea," a conference celebrating the career and accomplishments of Ronald L. Watts, above all, his contributions to the study and practice of federalism.

As a political scientist, Ronald L. Watts has worked for more than 50 years on the comparative study of federal systems and on Canadian federalism, and has written, edited or co-edited 31 books and has written over 115 articles and chapters in books.

On several occasions he has been a consultant to the Government of Canada during constitutional deliberations, most notably as a commissioner on the Task Force on Canadian Unity (Pepin-Robarts) from 1978 to 1979, as a consultant to the Federal-Provincial Relations Office in 1980 to 1981, and as Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet for Constitutional Development (Federal-Provincial Relations Office) from 1991 to 1992. He has also been an advisor to governments in several other countries including Uganda, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, and, more recently, Switzerland, Kenya, Cyprus, Yugoslavia, Pakistan, the Philippines, India, Nepal and " Ethiopia.

The Federal Idea: Essays in Honour of Ronald L Watts is a collection of more than thirty, papers authored by many of the foremost scholars and practitioners of federalism. The contributions collected in this festschrift all reflect the' unifying theme of both the conference and this volume, namely, the contributions made by Ron Watts to the study of federalism. We believe the readers will find that the papers not only build upon the framework developed by Ron Watts, but as well advance the study-of the federal idea and of comparative federalism. Book jacket.

Contents:

I Introduction

1 Introduction and Overview / Nadia Verrelli Verrelli, Nadia 1

II The Federal Idea

2 The Federal Idea and its Contemporary Relevance / Ronald L. Watts Watts, Ronald L. 13

III Celebrating Ron Watts

3 Introducing Ron Watts / John Meisel Meisel, John 29

4 Encounters with Ron Watts / George Anderson Anderson, George 33

5 Federalism, Civility and Conflict Prevention: Watts's Research and Legacy / Hugh D.Segal D.Segal, Hugh 39

6 The Practical Ron Watts: Glimpses of a Political Scientist in Action / David Cameron Cameron, David 45

7 Ron Watts: The "Go To" Person of Canadian Federalism / Peter Meekison Meekison, Peter 63

8 Definitions, Typologies and Catalogues: Ronald Watts on Federalism / Jennifer Smith Smith, Jennifer 65

IV Constitutional Perspectives

9 Scholarly Debates about the Charter/Federalism Relationship: A Case of Two Solitudes / Jeremy Clarke Clarke, Jeremy, Janet L. Hiebert Hiebert, Janet L. 77

10 Constitutional Underpinnings of Federalism: Common Law vs Civil Law / Thomas Fleiner Fleiner, Thomas 99

11 Can Federalism Have Jurisprudential Weight? / Cheryl Saunders Saunders, Cheryl 111

12 Judicial Review and the Federalism Factor / Nadia Verrelli Verrelli, Nadia 139

V Diversity and Federalism

13 Federalism and First Peoples / Peter H. Russell Russell, Peter H. 161

14 Symmetry and Asymmetry in American Federalism / G. Alan Tarr Tarr, G. Alan 169

VI Federalism-A Centrifugal or Centripetal Force?

15 Success and Failure in Federation: Comparative Perspectives / Michael Burgess Burgess, Michael 189

16 Preconditions and Prerequisites: Can Anyone Make Federalism Work? / Richard Simeon Simeon, Richard 207

VII Citizens'Perceptions of Federalism

17 Citizen Attitudes and Federal Political Culture in Canada, Mexico, and the United States / John Kincaid Kincaid, John, Richard L. Cole Cole, Richard L. 225

18 Testing Federalism through Citizen Engagement / Kathy L. Brock Brock, Kathy L. 247

VIII Intergovernmental Relations

19 R.L. Watts and the Managing of IGR in Federal Systems / Robert Agranoff Agranoff, Robert 269

20 Federalism and the New International Health Regulations 2005 / Harvey Lazar Lazar, Harvey, Kumanan Wilson Wilson, Kumanan, Christopher McDongall McDongall, Christopher 289

21 The Federal Role in Canada's Cities: The Pendulum Swings Again / Robert Young Young, Robert 213

IX Federalism and Europe

22 European Futures: The Unbearable Heaviness of Thinking Federally / Peter Leslie Leslie, Peter 323

23 German Federalism in the Context of the European Union / Rudolf Hrbek Hrbek, Rudolf 349

X Devolution and Fiscal Federalism

24 Mind the Gap: Reflections on Fiscal Balance in Decentralized Federations / Robin Boadway Boadway, Robin 363

25 Problems of Territorial Finance: UK Devolution in Perspective / Charlie Jeffery Jeffery, Charlie 379

26 United Kingdom: The Second Phase of Devolution / Alan Trench Trench, Alan 395

XI Shared and Self-Rule: Federal Case Studies

27 Co-operative and Coercive Models of Intergovernmental Relations: A South African Case Study / Nico Steytler Steytler, Nico 413

28 Nigeria: The Decentralization Debate in Nigeria's Federatio / J. Isawa Elaigwu Elaigwu, J. Isawa 429

29 The Federal Idea in Putin's Russia / Alexei Trochev Trochev, Alexei 445

30 "Shared-Rule and Self-Rule" in the Working of Indian Federalism / Akhtar Majeed Majeed, Akhtar 461

XII Second Chambers

31 The Senate of Canada and the Conundrum of Reform / David E. Smith Smith, David E. 473

32 Ron Watts and Second Chambers: Some Reflections on the Bundesrat / Uwe Leonardy Leonardy, Uwe 489

33 The Senate in Australia and Canada: Mr. Harper's "Senate Envy" and the Intra vs. Interstate Debate / Douglas Brown Brown, Douglas, Herman Bakvis Bakvis, Herman, Gerald Baier Baier, Gerald 499.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781553391982

1553391985

9781553391999

1553391993

OCLC:

723413674