Bulletin n. 2-3/2013 | ||
February 2014 | ||
Thomas Hueglin |
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Treaty federalism as a model of policy making: Comparing Canada and the European Union | ||
in Canadian Public Administration , vol. 56, issue 2 , 2013 , 185-202 | ||
Systematic analyses of Canada and the EU as comparable federal systems have been neglected for a variety of methodological reasons. Most importantly, neither body fits the mould of the dominant model of the American federal state. A revised conceptual framework can show, however, that Canada and the EU both provide a similar institutional and procedural environment for policy making: powers are shared rather than divided; policy directions are determined by executive negotiation rather than parliamentary deliberation; unanimity takes precedence over majority rule; and inter-regional competition is moderated by a commitment to equalization. | ||