The Ways of Federalism in Western Countries and the Horizons of Territorial Autonomy in Spain : Volume 2

Territorial autonomy in Spain has reached a crossroads. After over thirty years of development, the consensus regarding its appropriateness has started to crumble. The transformation project embodied by the reform of Statute of Catalonia (2006) has failed to achieve its most significant demands. Although the concept of Spain as a Federation is disputed -more within the country than beyond-, the evolution of the Spanish system needs to follow a markedly federalist path. In this perspective, reference models assume critical importance. This edition gathers the works of a broad group of European, American and Spanish experts who analyse the present-day challenges of their respective systems. The objective, thus, is to contribute ideas which might help to address the evolution of the Spanish system in the light of the experience of more established Federations. This second volume focuses its attention on the difficulties and challenges faced in two particular fields. On the one hand, the field of intergovernmental relations and, on the other, questions related to the integration and acknowledgement of diversity and of Fundamental Rights, with special reference to the cases of Canada and Spain. Finally, there is analysis of other specific aspects of the system of territorial autonomy in Spain. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Intergovernmental Relations in the Architecture of Federal System: The United States....Pages 3-12 Intergovernmental Relations in Canada: A Horizontal Perspective....Pages 13-37 The Intergovernmental Relations in Federal Systems: The Model of Germany....Pages 39-47 The Intergovernmental Relations in Switzerland....Pages 49-61 The Participation of Autonomous Communities in the Central Bodies of State....Pages 63-81 Intergovernmental Relations in Spain and the Constitutional Court Ruling on the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia: What’s Next?....Pages 83-109 Intergovernmental Relations in the Spanish Federal System: In Search of a Model....Pages 111-124 The Principle of Separation of Powers in Crisis: Intergovernmental Relations in Comparative Perspective....Pages 125-135 Roads to Rome: Alternative Intergovernmental Routes to Policy Frameworks in Federations....Pages 137-147 Evolution of Intergovernmental Relations and the Strengthening of Autonomy....Pages 149-163 The Present and Future Nature of Intergovernmental Relations: A Comparative Vision of the Model in the USA and in Spain....Pages 165-175 The Principle of Bilateralism in the Statutory Reforms Following Constitutional Court Ruling: STC 31/2010. Desire and Reality....Pages 177-194 Cooperation Between Autonomous Communities: An Opportunity to Rationalise the Autonomous State in Times of Crisis....Pages 195-210 Horizontal Cooperation: Unfinished Business for the Spanish Autonomic State Framework....Pages 211-226 New Cooperation Mechanisms Within the State of Autonomies....Pages 227-235 Horizontal Cooperation in the Autonomous State: The Conference of Autonomous Presidents....Pages 237-245 Vertical Cooperation in Horizontal Subjects: Immigration as an Issue for All....Pages 247-258 Intergovernmental Cooperation and Social Policies in the State of the Autonomies: The Institutional Framework for the Governance of the Dependent Care....Pages 259-267 The Commission Co-ordinating Climate Change Policies: About the Complexity of Vertical and Horizontal Mainstreaming of Climate Change Policy and the Intergovernmental Relations....Pages 269-281 The Relations of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands in the European Integration Process....Pages 283-290 Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Institutionalization of Intergovernmental Relations in a Federal State: Bilateral Treaties Under “New Centralism” in Russia....Pages 291-302 Sub-state Entity Participation During the 2010 Presidencies of the EU Council....Pages 303-314 Devolution in Scotland: A Historical Institutionalist Approach for the Explanation of Anglo-Scottish Relations....Pages 315-328 Front Matter....Pages 329-329 Reflections on Diversity in Canada: Competing Models....Pages 331-340 Trust and Mistrust Between Harper and Québec....Pages 341-358 ¿Café para todos? Homogeneity, Difference, and Canadian Federalism....Pages 359-374 The Federal Option and Constitutional Management of Diversity in Spain....Pages 375-399 Political Autonomy, Federalisation and Statutary Declaration of Rights....Pages 401-417 Special Civil Law as a Sign of Political Identity: A Constitutional Approach to the Case of the Valencian Community....Pages 419-435 “Fragmentation” of the Fundamental Right to Life: Between Territorial Decentralization and the Knowledge-Based Economy....Pages 437-458 Federalization and Minority Accommodation....Pages 459-469 Spanish Languages and the Constitutional Order to Be Upheld (or How to Report on a Continuous Present Half-Way Through the Day)....Pages 471-491 Religious Freedom in School Dining Areas and Its Enemies....Pages 493-520 Cultural Diversity, Human Rights, and Democratic Process: A Case of Limits....Pages 521-533 The Indigenous Question and the Territorial Organisation of the State in Latin American Refounding Constitutionalism....Pages 535-573 The Qualitative Development of the Spanish System of Autonomous Communities: Changes to the Statutes of Autonomy....Pages 575-586 Statutory Rights and the Federal System....Pages 587-596 Multilevel Rights Protection in Canada....Pages 597-606 Difference, Dissent, and Community Identity: Striking the Balance in Rights Theory and Jurisprudence....Pages 607-617 Exploring the Social Origins of Elite Accommodation: Recognition and Civil Society Integration in Divided Societies....Pages 619-636 Front Matter....Pages 637-637 Openness, Complexity, and Asymmetry: A Comparative Perspective on the Challenges of the “Autonomic State”....Pages 639-655 Prevalence and Primacy: An Essay on Their Scope....Pages 657-667 The Primacy Clause in the Spanish Constitution: A Contribution to the Debate....Pages 669-678 Asymmetry as an Element of Federalism: A Theoretical Speculation Fifty Years Later—Readdress the Spanish Case....Pages 679-690 The Principle of Federal Loyalty and Trust in the Estado De Las Autonomías....Pages 691-700 Brief Considerations Regarding the Structure of the Spanish Senate and the Boundary Between Federal Covenant and Autonomous State....Pages 701-710 The Adhesion of the Spanish Autonomic State to the Disaggregative Model of Federalism: A Possible Way....Pages 711-730 Democratic Citizenship and Spanish Multinational ( Dis )Order: Procedural Democracy Versus Secession Clause....Pages 731-742 The Decentralisation of the Advisory Function in the Autonomous State: The Position of the Council for Statutory Guarantees of Catalonia Following CCS 31/2010, of June 28....Pages 743-753 The Senate Territorial Groups....Pages 755-763 Reinforcement for the Position of Local Government in the New Statutes of Autonomy....Pages 765-780 A Basque (and Catalan) Republic Within a Federal Context: Reflections on New Scenarios in the Crisis of the Autonomous State....Pages 781-809 Federalism and Democracy in the Basque Country....Pages 811-823 Fractal Federalism for Complex Societies: The Basque Case....Pages 825-843 Diversity and ‘Frontier Effect’: The So-Called Shielding of the Basque Economic Agreement....Pages 845-852 Decentralization, Regional Parties, and Multilevel Governance in Spain....Pages 853-864 Autonomy or Independence: An Analysis of the 2010 Catalan Regional Election....Pages 865-872 The Role of Autonomous Communities in Euro-Regions and European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Development (with Particular Reference to the Galician Case)....Pages 873-880 Determining of Local Attributions on Sectorial Legislation in Spain....Pages 881-890 The Governance of Metropolitan Areas: Problems and Alternatives in the Spanish Case....Pages 891-901 Front Matter....Pages 637-637 The Advisable Coordination of the Autonomic Environmental Taxation as Reluctance to the Development of Fiscal Federalism....Pages 903-911 Territorial autonomy in Spain has reached a crossroads. After over thirty years of development, the consensus regarding its appropriateness has started to crumble. The transformation project embodied by the reform of Statute of Catalonia (2006) has failed to achieve its most significant demands. Although the concept of Spain as a Federation is disputed -more within the country than beyond-, the evolution of the Spanish system needs to follow a markedly federalist path. In this perspective, reference models assume critical importance. This edition gathers the works of a broad group of European, American and Spanish experts who analyse the present-day challenges of their respective systems. The objective, thus, is to contribute ideas which might help to address the evolution of the Spanish system in the light of the experience of more established Federations.¡ This first volume analyses the challenges facing federal systems in the age of globalisation from a global perspective. It also addresses current questions and the challenges faced today by, in the sphere of the internal division of powers, the most significant {u2018}western{u2019} federal systems, on the one hand, and the Spanish system of territorial autonomy, on the other