An authoritative comparative analysis of twelve diverse federal countries.

This illuminating book is the written equivalent of listening to the wisdom of experience of other federal countries. Dr Arnold Koller, former president of Switzerland This impressive volume will be of value to practitioners as well academics, a difficult balance to strike. I hope my US compatriots will engage in this vital dialogue. Dan Sprague, Executive Director of The Council of State Governments

John Kincaid is professor of Government and Public Service and director of the Robert B. and Helen S. Meyner Center for the Study of State and Local Government at Lafayette College.
G. Alan Tarr is director of the Center for State Constitutional Studies