President of the Swiss Confederation, Head of the Federal Department of Finance, Switzerland

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xiii
4. Introduction
5. Welcome Note 3
6. Federalism in a Changing World - A Conceptual Framework for the Conference 7
7. Federalism and Foreign Relations 26
8. Federalism, Decentralisation and Conflict Management in Multicultural Societies 33
9. Assignment of Responsibilities and Fiscal Federalism 39
10. Theme I
11. Federalism and Foreign Relations 53
12. Foreign Relations of Sub-national Units 74
13. Participation of Sub-national Units in the Foreign Policy of the Federation 97
14. Federal Structures and Foreign Policy of International and Supra-national Organisations 130
15. Foreign Relations of Sub-national Units (Work Sessions 1 and 13) 149
16. Participation of Sub-national Units in the Foreign Policy of the Federation (Work Sessions 2 and 14) 159
17. Implementation of International and Supra-national Law by Sub-national Units (Work Sessions 3 and 15) 169
18. Federal Structures and Foreign Policy of International and Supra-national Organisations (Work Sessions 4 and 16) 179
19. Federalism and Foreign Relations (Dialogue Tables 1 and 4) 189
20. Theme II
21. Federalism, Decentralisation and Conflict Management in Multicultural Societies 197
22. Constitution Making and Nation Building 216
23. Decentralisation and Good Governance 240
24. Communities - Civil Society and Conflict Management 260
25. International and Regional Action with regard to Conflicts in Multicultural Societies 278
26. Constitution Making and Nation Building (Work Sessions 5 and 17) 308
27. Decentralisation and Good Governance (Work Sessions 6 and 18) 315
28. Communities - Civil Society and Conflict Management 325
29. International and Regional Action with regard to Conflicts in Multicultural Societies (Work Sessions 8 and 20) 337
30. Federalism, Decentralisation and Conflict Management in Multicultural Societies (Dialogue Tables 2 and 5) 342
31. Theme III
32. Assignment of Responsibilities and Fiscal Federalism 351
33. Fiscal Federalism and Political Decision Structures 373
34. Problems of Equalisation in Federal Systems 395
35. Fiscal Competition 412
36. Fiscal Decentralisation in Transition Economies and Developing Countries 432
37. Fiscal Federalism and Political Decision Structures 461
38. Problems of Equalisation in Federal Systems - The Concept of Equalisation (Work Session 10) 471
39. Problems of Equalisation in Federal Systems -Revenue Equalisation versus Cost Equalisation (Work Session 22) 481
40. Fiscal Competition (Work Sessions 11 and 23) 492
41. Fiscal Decentralisation in Transition Economies and Developing Countries (Work Sessions 12 and 24) 502
42. Assignment of Responsibilities and Fiscal Federalism 513
43. Plenary Speeches
44. President of the Swiss Confederation, Head of the Federal Department of Finance, Switzerland 519
45. President of the Federal Republic of Germany 524
46. Federal Councillor, Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland 534
47. Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States of America 539
48. Head of the Presidential Office for Indigenous People, United Mexican States 549
49. President of the Republic of Mali 555
50. President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 559
51. Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria 567
52. Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium 572
53. Vice-President of the European Convention, Italy 577
54. Minister of Defence of the Republic of India 582
55. Federal Councillor, Head of the Federal Department of Justice and Police, Switzerland 587
56. Prime Minister of Canada 592
57. Authors 597