Federations : the political dynamics of cooperation /

Why would states ever give up their independence to join federations? While federation can provide more wealth or security than self-sufficiency, states can in principle get those benefits more easily by cooperating through international organizations such as alliances or customs unions. Chad Rector...

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Main Author: Rector, Chad
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cooperation and commitment
  • Contrived symmetry through international and federal institutions
  • Australia's experiments with international organization and federation
  • Political identity in Australia and New Zealand
  • Coercion and union in Argentina and Germany
  • The unraveling of East Africa and the Caribbean.