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The Forum of Federations Handbook of Federal Countries 2020
Ann Griffiths Rupak Chattopadhyay • John Light Carl Stieren Editors
The Forum of Federations Handbook of Federal Countries 2020
Editors Ann Griffiths Centre for the Study of Security and Development Dalhousie University Halifax, NS, Canada John Light Forum of Federations Ottawa, Canada
Rupak Chattopadhyay Forum of Federations Ottawa, ON, Canada Carl Stieren The Forum of Federations Ottawa, Canada
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Acknowledgements
The Forum of Federations acknowledges the financial support of Canada, Switzerland, Germany, Ethiopia and Brazil. We also acknowledge their longstanding commitment to the Forum of Federations and the idea of Federalism. The editors would like to thank Ozan Ayata and Asma Zribi for research support for this publication.
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1 Introduction 1 John Kincaid and Rupak Chattopadhyay 2 Argentina (Argentine Republic) 17 Patricia Farah, Moritz Piepel, and Ann Griffiths 3 Australia (Commonwealth of Australia) 29 Cheryl Saunders 4 Austria (Federal Republic of Austria) 41 Peter Bußjäger and Christoph Schramek 5 Belgium (Kingdom of Belgium) 53 André Lecours 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina 65 Dejan Vanjek 7 Brazil (Federative Republic of Brazil) 83 Celina Souza 8 Canada 97 David R. Cameron
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9 Comoros (Union of the Comoros)111 Ann Griffiths 10 Cyprus (Republic of Cyprus)123 Neophytos Loizides 11 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia135 Asnake Kefale 12 Europe
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