This open access edited book connects two strands of federal studies, fiscal federalism, and diversity accommodation, to answer two closely interrelated questions. The first of these is to what extent has the need to accommodate diversities determined financial relations and their evolution? The authors answer this question by conducting a thorough investigation of the types of diversity that drive such evolution. The second question is does fiscal federalism have a broadly positive or negative impact on the accommodation of diversities, by producing institutional solutions that either integrate a federal system or pull it apart?
Through contributions from experts in law, economics, and political science, the book uses a series of case studies to establish a theoretical framework for exploring the relationship between fiscal federalism and diversity accommodation. The authors lay the groundwork for a comparative study of this relationship in multilevel states.
Chapter 1. Diversity accommodation and fiscal federalism: relevance of
the topic and rationale for case selection.
Chapter 2.Diversity and
asymmetric arrangements as drivers of fiscal federalism: a comparative
overview.
Chapter 3.Fiscal Equalization in Australian Federalism: Managing
Diversity of Size among Subnational Jurisdictions.
Chapter 4. Territorial
Inequalities and Fiscal Federalism in Brazil: An Incomplete Path Towards
Equalization.
Chapter 5.(Dis)Empowerment and Self-Rule: Fiscal Federalism
and Minority Nations in Canada.
Chapter 6.Conditional Concessions and
Cessation of Secession: What Role for Fiscal Federalism? Insights from
India.
Chapter 7.Unity and diversity: a turbulent journey through Italian
fiscal federalism.
Chapter 8. Accommodating Diversity or Imposing
Uniformity? The Hollowing Out of Provincial Governments in South Africa.-
Chapter 9. Fiscal Federalism, Intergovernmental Relations and Conflict
Resolution Mechanisms inSpain.
Chapter
10. The United Kingdoms territorial
funding arrangement: a holding together tool?.
Chapter 11. Diversity
Accommodation and Fiscal Federalism: Comparative Remarks from a
Constitutional Law Perspective.
Francisco Javier Romero Caro is Senior Researcher at Eurac Researchs Institute for Comparative Federalism, Italy.
Alice Valdesalici is Research Group Leader and Senior Researcher at Eurac Researchs Institute for Comparative Federalism, Italy.
