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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Michelmann, Hans

Titel

Foreign Relations in Federal Countries

Ist Teil von

• McGill-Queen's University Press, 2009, 432 pp, 2009

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Quelle

PAIS Index

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Offers a comparative perspective on the conduct of foreign relations in twelve federal countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, India, Malaysia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States. Constitutional powers and responsibility for the conduct of public policy are shared between the federal government and constituent units -- states, provinces, cantons, and so on -- with each order of government responsible for a set of functions. Foreign Relations in Federal Countries addresses questions such as: What constitutional powers do the federal governments and constituent states have to conduct foreign affairs? To what degree are relations between orders of government regularized by formal agreement or informal practice? What roles do constituent governments have in negotiation and implementation of international treaties?