<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>1. ​Introduction (Rupak Chattopadhyay). <br>2. <b>Argentina</b> (Argentine Republic): Balancing centralization with federalism (Patricia Farah, Moritz Pepel & Ann Griffiths).<br>3.<b> Australia</b> (Commonwealth of Australia): Using innovation if a dual federation (Cheryl Saunders).<br>4.<b> Austria </b>(Federal Republic of Austria): Balancing distributed federalism with centralization (Peter Bußjäger with Christoph Schramek).<br>5. <b>Belgium </b>(Kingdom of Belguim): Federalism in two languages (Andres Lecours).<br>6. <b>Bosnia and Herzegovina </b>(The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina): A country for two constituent units and three peoples (Dejan Vanjek). <br>7. <b>Brazil</b> (Federative Republic of Brazil): Federalism after centralization and new constitutions (Celina Souza).<br>8. <b>Canada: </b>Two languages, 10 provinces and Indigenous Peoples (David R. Cameron)<br>9. <b>Comoros </b>(Union of the Comoros): Three islands with three languages and a federal system (Ann Griffiths). <br>10. <b>Cyprus </b>(Republic of Cyprus): Seeking a federal solution for Greek and Turkish Cypriots (Neophytos Loizides). <br>11. <b>Ethiopia</b> (Federal Deomocratic Republic of Ethiopa): Regional states for democracy and rights for ethnicities (Asnake Kefale).<br>12. <b>European Union: </b>Evolving from a free trade area to a federation (Annegret Eppler).<br>13. <b>Germany</b> (Federal Republic of Germany): A federal system for unity, justice and freedom (Klaus Detterbeck).<br>14.<b> India</b> (Republic of India): Sharing power with state and local governments (Rekha Saxena).<br>15. <b>Malaysia</b> (The Federation of Malaysia): A centralized federation with challenged from the states (Francis Kok Wah Loh).<br>16. <b>Mexico </b>(Mexican United States): Centralization, innovation with resistance from the states (Daniel A. Barcelo Rojas). <br>17. <b>Micronesia </b>(Rederated States of Micronesia): Uniting a federation of 10 olanguages and 607 islands (Anna Dziedzic).<br>18. <b>Nepal </b>(Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal): From a centralized monarchy to a federal democratic republic (Surya Dhungel and Phillip Gonzalez). <br>19. <b>Nigeria</b> (Federal Republic of Nigeria): Reforming state and local governments, resisting restructuring (Olakunle Adeniran).<br>20. <b>Pakistan</b> (Islamic Republic of Pakistan): Governing a federation when one province has 57% of the population (Kaiser Bengali). <br>21. <b>Russia</b> (Russian Federation): Autonomy for a very few constituent units (Andrey Starodubtsev).<br>22. <b>St. Kitts and Nevis </b>(Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis): A federation with rules for succession (Ann L. Griffiths). <br>23. <b>South Africa</b> (Republic of South Africa): Reform, reduce and strengthen the provinces--or not? (Vinothan Naido).<br>24. <b>Spain</b> (Kingdom of Spain): A union of autonomous communities (Jose Tudela, Mario Kölling).<br>25. <b>Switzerland</b> (Swiss Confederation): Governing with 26 cantons, 4 languages and frequent referendums (Sean Mueller, Adrian Vatter).<br>26. <b>United Arab Emirates: </b>Centralization and prosperity before democracy (Julie M. Simmons). <br>27. <b>United States of America: </b>Polarization between Democratic and Republican states (John Kincaid). <br>28. Federal Constitu