Cooperative Federalism in South Asia and Europe

MJ Vinod is Professor in the Department of International Studies, Political Science and History in CHRIST (deemed-to-be) University, Bangalore, India. Stefy V Joseph is Assistant Professor in the Department of International Studies, Political Science and History at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India. Joseph Chacko Chennatuserry is the Vice Chancellor of CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Bangalore, India and Professor of History in the Department of International Studies, Political Science and History. Dimitris N. Chryssochoou is Professor of Theory and Institutions of European Integration in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

Introduction PART 1 – COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES 1. European ‘syspondia’: Theorizing a Late-Modern Political Aggregate 2. Cooperative Federalism in the United States Through a Conceptual Lens 3. Federalism and Democracy: The Need for a Differentiated Approach PART 2 – COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM IN INDIA 4. Fortunes of Federating Units in India 5.Civil Society and Cooperative Federalism in India: The Need for a Conceptual Enquiry 6. Emerging Trends in Indian Federalism: Collaboration, Competition and Coordination 7. The Federal Dynamics of Indian Foreign Policy: Issues, Concerns and Trends PART 3 – COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM IN EUROPE 8. COVID-19 and its Impacts on Cooperative Federalism in Austria 9. The Political Economy of Cooperative Federalism and the Implementation of Cooperative Federalism in Germany 10. Federalism and Power-Sharing as Modes of Diversity Management in Europe PART 4 – COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM IN SOUTH ASIA 11. Executive Absolutism and Decentralized Governance: A Study of the Sri Lankan Provincial Council System 12. Cooperative Federalism in Nepal: Practice and Prospects 13. Cooperative Federalism in a Multinational Country: Examining the Case of Pakistan