Preface, Murray Forsyth --Introduction, Alain-G. Gagnon, Soeren Keil and Sean Mueller. Part I Evolving Federal Traditions and Federal Systems: Comparing federal political systems, Ronald L. Watts --Federalism: essence, values and ideologies, Frédéric Lépine. Part II Charting Federalism and Federations: George W. Bush and the spirit of coercive federalism, John Kincaid --In search of constitutional federalism: American perspectives, G. Alan Tarr --Still in search of the federal spirit: the US Supreme Court and federalism, Jan Erk --Switzerland: federalism as an ideology of balance, Sean Mueller --Ideology, political economy and federalism: the welfare state and the evolution of the Australian and Canadian federations, Luc Turgeon and Richard Simeon --Constitutionalism, empowerment and multinational federalism, Alain-G. Gagnon --National pluralism, recognition, federalism and secession (or Hegel was a clever guy), Ferran Requejo --Why no federalism in the United Kingdom?, Michael Keating --Poland's German minority: accommodation in the absence of federalism, Karl Cordell. Part III The European Union: The European Union as a federal project, Soeren Keil and Simon Bransden --Federalism in the EU and Canada, Amy Verdun --'Federal Europe': unfinished and incomplete, but growing and further evolving, Rudolf Hrbek --Conclusion: understanding federalism and federation: my magnificent obsession, Michael Burgess. Index.