Contents

Foreword: Reflections on Australia's Recent Efforts at

Federal Reform 2013-15 vii

David de Carvalho

Acknowledgements xvi

List of Illustrations xviii

Notes on Contributors xix

PART 1

Revisiting the Idea of Autonomy in Federalism: Theoretical Considerations

1 Beyond Autonomy

Practical and Theoretical Challenges to 21st-Century Federalism 3 Tracy B.

2 Squaring the Circle? Balancing Autonomy and Intergovernmental Relations in Federal Democracy 11

ArthurBenz

3 Is Federalism Natural?

Rethinking Federalism’s Origin, Operation and Significance 27

Troy E. Smith

4 Sovereignty and Autonomy of Constituent Units in Federal and Regional Systems

A Case Study of Italy 47

ErikaArban

PART 2

Balancing Autonomy from within: Institutions and Actors

5 (Still) in Search of the Federal Spirit

Autonomy and Self-Determination in Multinational Federations 69 Felix Mathieu and Alain-G. Gagnon

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6 The Political Reconstitution of Canadian Federalism 88

Anthony M.Sayers

7 ‘Swimming Outside the Flags'

Continuity and Change in Australian Intergovernmental Management 112

Isi Unikowski

PART 3

Challenges to the Autonomy of Federal Sub-units: The Policy Problem

8 Australian Health-Care Federalism

Beyond the Logic of Autonomy 137

Alan Fenna, John Phillimore and Vijaya Ramamurthy

9 Federalism and Security in the 21st Century 158

Christian Leuprecht and Mario Kolling

10 Sub-National Tax Autonomy in Argentina's Fiscal Constitution

A Perspective from Recent History 172

Miguel Angel Asensio

PART 4

Real versus Imagined Autonomy: Emerging Federations

11 Real or Imagined Local Autonomy

Experiences from Local Government in Ethiopia, South Africa and Zimbabwe 191

Tinashe Chigwata, Jaap de Visser and ZemelakAyele

12 Concluding Remarks 217

Andrew C. Banfield

Index 225