Offers an analysis of the design and operation of a range of federations. This edition encompasses reference to a range of federations and federal experiments including mature federations such as the United States of America; emergent federations such as Mexico; post-conflict federal experiments such as Bosnia, and federations that have failed.

There is much that can be learned by Canadians from the experience of federations elsewhere. At present there are twenty-four federations in the world - representing over forty per cent of the world's population - comprising a variety of forms and variat