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In an increasingly crowded field, this new book on comparative federalism stands out for its iconoclasm, for its illuminating and entertaining selection of illustrative examples, but most of all for a significant methodological breakthrough that makes the book both more useful and more coherent than most of its predecessors ... Because they are not bound to the simplifications of a model, [the authors] are free to concede the enormous complexity of forces that shape federal states ... As a result, their accounts of conditions in individual states are unusually thorough, accurate, and persuasive. -- James A Gardner, University at Buffalo School of Law * Publius: The Journal of Federalism * ... a work of great importance, strongly inspired by the need for a critical approach to the normative data, to identify and remove the cliches present in the debate ... a volume, in short, which marks the existence of a before and after in the studies on federalism and which is destined to be a point of reference on the subject. (Translated from the original Italian) -- Giuseppe Martinico * Rivista di Diritti Comparati * ... this latest contribution to the functioning of federalism is a valuable addition for both scholars and practitioners, especially lawyers who are faced with challenges regarding this subject. -- Mathias Eller * Federal Governance * Comparative Federalism is a comprehensive and insightful reference work on the practical implementation of the `federal toolkit', supported and enriched by informed historical and theoretical framing. The book is generally accessible, well laid out, and clearly written ... The book will appeal to a wide readership, most obviously those working on federalism and power-sharing arrangements from the perspectives of, inter alia, constitutional law and political science, as well as those interested in such topical issues as participatory democracy and multi-level governance. -- Timothy Jacob-Owens, European University Institute * EUI Constitutionalism and Politics Working Group Blog *

In an increasingly crowded field, this new book on comparative federalism stands out for its iconoclasm, for its illuminating and entertaining selection of illustrative examples, but most of all for a significant methodological breakthrough that makes the book both more useful and more coherent than most of its predecessors ... Because they are not bound to the simplifications of a model, [the authors] are free to concede the enormous complexity of forces that shape federal states ... As a result, their accounts of conditions in individual states are unusually thorough, accurate, and persuasive. -- James A Gardner, University at Buffalo School of Law * Publius: The Journal of Federalism * ... a work of great importance, strongly inspired by the need for a critical approach to the normative data, to identify and remove the cliches present in the debate ... a volume, in short, which marks the existence of a before and after in the studies on federalism and which is destined to be a point of reference on the subject. (Translated from the original Italian) -- Giuseppe Martinico * Rivista di Diritti Comparati * Comparative Federalism is a comprehensive and insightful reference work on the practical implementation of the `federal toolkit', supported and enriched by informed historical and theoretical framing. The book is generally accessible, well laid out, and clearly written ... The book will appeal to a wide readership, most obviously those working on federalism and power-sharing arrangements from the perspectives of, inter alia, constitutional law and political science, as well as those interested in such topical issues as participatory democracy and multi-level governance. -- Timothy Jacob-Owens, European University Institute * EUI Constitutionalism and Politics Working Group Blog * ... this latest contribution to the functioning of federalism is a valuable addition for both scholars and practitioners, especially lawyers who are faced with challenges regarding this subject. -- Mathias Eller * Federal Governance * ... this work is certain to be a reference in the field, not only for scholars of federalism, but also for those who would like to approach the federal idea from a purely legal perspective. The clarity and multitude of its examples make it accessible for all those who intend to embark upon their study of the federal paradigm. (Translated from the original Spanish) -- Francisco Javier Romero Caro, Universidad del Pais Vasco * Revista de Estudios Politicos *

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Francesco Palermo is Professor for Comparative Public Law at the Faculty of Law at the University of Verona, and Director of the Institute for Comparative Federalism at Eurac Research Bolzano/Bozen. Karl Kössler is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Comparative Federalism at Eurac Research Bolzano/Bozen.

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