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Table of ContentsContributors ; Preface ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction: Parties and Civil Societies in Federal Systems ; 1. Commonwealth of Australia: The Primacy of Parties ; 2. Kingdom of Belgium: Partitocracy, Corporatist Society, and Dissociative Federalism ; 3. Canada: A Challenging Landscape for Political Parties and Civil Society in a Fragmented Polity ; 4. Federal Republic of Germany: Integrated Society, Co-operative Federalism, and Integrated Parties ; 5. Republic of India: Emergence of a Competitive Party System and Civil-Society Space ; 6. Malaysia: From Political Ferment to Restructuring Federalism ; 7. United Mexican States: Federalism and Democratization ; 8. Republic of South Africa: An Uncertain Path to Federal Democracy ; 9. Spain: Unresolved Integration Challenges in a Party-Led Decentralization ; 10. Switzerland: Bottom-up Parties and Interest Groups with Strong Integrative Tendencies ; 11. United States of America: Nationalized Politics and Centralized Federalism ; Conclusion : Comparative Conclusions
