Varieties of Capitalism/Varieties of Federalism in Australia and Canada
In this paper, I argue that political economy variables play a crucial role in the evolution of federal states. More specifically, I argue that changing political economy variables influence the contours and working of political parties, the main organization of interest aggregation and articulation in contemporary democracies, in a way that can promote important change in federal states. Since constitutions are often a poor guide to the evolving working of federal states, I follow Erk’s advice and investigate the working of the federal system through an analysis of specific policy sectors. I look at the evolution of responsibility over components of the welfare state and the necessary financial resources to finance it in Australia and Canada, two federations that share a common British political and cultural heritage. It is especially interesting to study processes of institutional change in these two federations considering their contrasting trajectories
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2009
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Authors: | Turgeon, Luc |
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[S.l.] : SSRN |
Subject: | Australien | Australia | Kanada | Canada | Föderalismus | Federalism |
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