Federalism and International Relations: The Role of Subnational Units

by Hans J. Michelmann (Editor), Panayotis Soldatos (Editor)

Overview

This is the first comparative study of an increasingly important phenomenon: the international role and activities of component units of major liberal democratic federal states. The work identifies common themes and explores the reasons for the proliferation of paradiplomatic activities by these non-traditional actors on the international scene. Examining the nature and history of foreign policy federalism, the work focuses on the international role of subnational units in Austria, Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, Switzerland, and the United States, and assesses the implications of these paradiplomatic activities for the conduct of foreign policy in each federation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198274919
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/21/1991
Pages:	334
Product dimensions:	5.75(w) x 8.75(h) x 1.06(d)

Table of Contents

	Abbreviations	ix
	Editors and Authors	xi
1.	Perforated Sovereignties: Towards a Typology of New Actors in International Relations	1
2.	An Explanatory Framework for the Study of Federated States as Foreign-policy Actors	34
3.	Constituent Diplomacy in Federal Polities and the Nation-state: Conflict and Co-operation	54
4.	Australia	77
5.	Austria	124
6.	Belgium	142
7.	Canada	176
8.	The Federal Republic of Germany	211
9.	Switzerland	245
10.	The United States of America	276
11.	Conclusion	299
	Index	316