Contents:
Preface
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. Subsidiarity, Solidarity and Asymmetry: Aspects of the
Problem
Richard M. Bird and Robert D. Ebel
2. The Country Studies: Comparisons and Conclusions
Richard M. Bird, Robert D. Ebel and Sebastiana Gianci
PART II: FEDERAL INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES
3. Reconciling Diversity with Equality: The Role of
Intergovernmental Fiscal Arrangements in Maintaining an Effective
State in Canada
Richard M. Bird and François Vaillancourt
4. Germany at the Junction Between Solidarity and Subsidiarity
Paul Bernd Spahn and Jan Werner
5. Accommodating Asymmetry Through Pragmatism: An Overview of Swiss
Fiscal Federalism
Bernard Dafflon
PART III: NEW FEDERAL COUNTRIES
6. Belgium: A Unique Evolving Federalism
Benoît Bayenet and Philippe de Bruycker
7. Fiscal Decentralization in Spain: An Asymmetric Transition to
Democracy
Teresa Garcia-Milà and Therese J. McGuire
PART IV: COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION
8. Asymmetric Federalism in Russia: Cure or Poison?
Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
9. Ethnic Minority Regions and Fiscal Decentralization in China:
The Promises and Reality of Asymmetric Treatment
Christine Wong
PART V: DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
10. Asymmetric Federalism in India
M. Govinda Rao and Nirvikar Singh
11. Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and State Building: The Case
of Indonesia
Bambang Brodjonegoro and J. Fitz G. Ford
12. Subsidiarity and Solidarity: Fiscal Decentralization in the
Philippines
Christine Wallich, Rosario Manasan and Saloua Sehili
PART VI: POSTCONFLICT
13. Fiscal Federalism in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Subsidiarity and
Solidarity in a Three-Nation State
William Fox and Christine Wallich
Index
Edited by the late Richard M. Bird, formerly Rotman School of Management and Senior Fellow, Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, Canada and Robert D. Ebel, Steen Enterprises, Washington, DC, US
'. . . the book is coherent and engaging throughout, with each
contributor offering the reader valuable insights into the various
forces shaping their chosen country of study. . . this is an
important book, which will engage and indeed possibly help to
define continuing debates in development studies into the future. .
. The authors have produced a book which will be of particular
interest to policy analysts looking at intergovernmental finance
and to those concerned with political legitimacy and governance,
especially in relation to the countries profiled here, though it
will also prove useful to those looking at issues around
globalization and tools used by institutions such as the World Bank
in its promotion.'
*BreffnI Lennon, Progress in Development Studies*
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