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Debt crises have placed strains not only on the European Union's nascent federal system but also on the federal system in the United States. Old confrontations over fiscal responsibility are being renewed, often in a more virulent form, in places as far flung as Detroit, Michigan, and Valencia, Spain, to say nothing of Greece and Cyprus. Increasing the complexity of the issue has been public sector collective bargaining, now a component of most federal systems.

The attendant political controversies have become the debate of a generation. Paul Peterson and Daniel Nadler have assembled experts from both sides of the Atlantic to break down the structural flaws in federal systems of government that have led to economic and political turmoil. Proposed solutions offer ways to preserve and restore vibrant federal systems that meet the needs of communities struggling for survival in an increasingly unified global economy.

Contributors: Andrew G. Biggs (American Enterprise Institute); César Colino (National Distance Education University, Madrid); Eloísa del Pino (Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos, Madrid); Henrik Enderlein (Hertie School of Governance, Berlin); Cory Koedel (University of Missouri); Carlos Xabel Lastra-Anadón (Harvard University); Daniel Nadler (Harvard University); Shawn Ni (University of Missouri); Amy Nugent (Government of Ontario, Canada); James Pearce (Mowat Centre, University of Toronto, Canada); Paul E. Peterson (Harvard University); Michael Podgursky (University of Missouri); Jason Richwine (Washington, D.C.); Jonathan Rodden (Stanford Uni versity); Daniel Shoag (Harvard University); Richard Simeon (University of Toronto, Canada); Camillo von Müller (University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and Leuphana University, Germany); Daniel Ziblatt (Harvard University)

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  1. Cover
  2. p. C
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  1. Title Page, Copyright Page
  2. pp. i-iv
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  1. Table of Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. vii-x
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  1. Part I: Federalism and the Pension Crisis in the United States
  1. 1: Federalism's Emerging Fiscal Crisis
  2. Paul E. Peterson and Daniel J. Nadler
  3. pp. 3-14
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  1. 2: Competitive Federalism under Pressure
  2. Paul E. Peterson and Daniel J. Nadler
  3. pp. 15-29
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  1. 3: Can Market Discipline Survive in the U.S. Federation?
  2. Jonathan Rodden
  3. pp. 40-61
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  1. 4: Putting a Price on Teacher Pensions
  2. Andrew G. biggs and Jason Richwine
  3. pp. 62-79
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  1. 5: Structural Flaws in the Design of Public Pension Plans
  2. Cory Koedel, Shawn Ni, and Michael Podgursky
  3. pp. 80-93
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  1. 6: Past and Present High-Risk Investments by States and Localities
  2. Daniel Shoag
  3. pp. 94-110
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  1. Part II: The Federalism Crisis Worldwide
  1. 7: Between Centralization and Federalism in the European Union
  2. Daniel Ziblatt
  3. pp. 113-133
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  1. 8: German Federalism at the Crossroads
  2. Henrik Enderlein and Camillo Von Müller
  3. pp. 134-158
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  1. 9: Spanish Federalism in Crisis
  2. César Colino and Eloísa Del Pino
  3. pp. 159-178
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  1. 10: Regional Identity and Fiscal Constraints in Spanish Federalism
  2. Carlos Xabel Lastra-Anadón
  3. pp. 179-200
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  1. 11: The Resilience of Canadian Federalism
  2. Richard Simeon, James Pearce, and Amy Nugent
  3. pp. 201-222
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. 223-224
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 225-241
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  1. Back Cover
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