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Managing Interdependencies in Federal Systems
Johanna Schnabel
其他書名
Intergovernmental Councils and the Making of Public Policy
出版
Springer Nature
, 2020-02-18
主題
Political Science / General
Political Science / Public Policy / General
Law / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
Political Science / Comparative Politics
Political Science / International Relations / General
Political Science / Political Process / General
Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration
ISBN
303035461X
9783030354619
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=SHfRDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
Intergovernmental councils have emerged as the main structures through which the governments of a federation coordinate public policy making. In a globalized and complex world, federal actors are increasingly interdependent. This mutual dependence in the delivery of public services has important implications for the stability of a federal system: policy problems concerning more than one government can destabilize a federation, unless governments coordinate their policies. This book argues that intergovernmental councils enhance federal stability by incentivizing governments to coordinate, which makes them a federal safeguard. By comparing reforms of fiscal and education policy in Australia, Canada, Germany, and Switzerland, this book shows that councils’ effectiveness as one of federalism’s safeguards depends on their institutional design and the interplay with other political institutions and mechanisms. Federal stability is maintained if councils process contentious policy problems, are highly institutionalized, are not dominated by the federal government, and are embedded in a political system that facilitates intergovernmental compromising and consensus-building.