Managing Interdependencies in Federal Systems

Intergovernmental Councils and the Making of Public Policy

Johanna Schnabel (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XV, 286 Seiten

2020 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-35460-2 (ISBN)

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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.

Johanna Schnabel is Newton International Fellow at the University of Kent, UK. Her research interests include federalism and intergovernmental relations, comparative politics and public policy, with a focus on education, health, and fiscal policy.

1. The Purpose of Intergovernmental Councils.- 2. The Dynamic Stability of Federal Systems.- 3. The Intergovernmental Safeguard: Principles of Design.- 4. Making Fiscal Policy.- 5. Reforming Education.- 6. The Intergovernmental Safeguard: Taking Stock.- 7. Policy Making Under Federal Influence.

Erscheinungsdatum	21.02.2020
Reihe/Serie	Comparative Territorial Politics
Zusatzinfo	XV, 286 p. 1 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	524 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
Schlagworte	centralization • comparative politics • Disruptive unilateralism • Education Policy • federal dynamics • Federalism • federal spending power • Fiscal Federalism • Fiscal Policy • harmonization • institutionalism • intergovernmental councils • intergovernmental relations • Multilevel Governance • pubilc policy-making • Safeguards • School Curriculum • student testing
ISBN-10	3-030-35460-1 / 3030354601
ISBN-13	978-3-030-35460-2 / 9783030354602
Zustand	Neuware