Teaching Federalism

多维的方法

Elgar Guides to Teaching

Edited by John Kincaid, Robert B. and Helen S. Meyner Professor of Government and Public Service and Director, Meyner Center for the Study of State and Local Government, Lafayette College and J. Wesley Leckrone, Distinguished University Professor of Political Science, Widener University, US

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Teaching Federalism presents innovative ideas for teaching a wide variety of key concepts of federalism and federal-country cases. Each chapter introduces a topic, explains its place in federalism research, and provides learning objectives, pedagogical tools, and questions for class discussions, student essays, and examinations. Evaluation and reading suggestions are included as well.

‘Teaching Federalism: Multidimensional Approaches takes us past the comfort zone of traditional teaching on federalism in the West by laying out its analyses in a truly global and inclusive manner. The textbook contains twenty chapters covering almost every substantive facet of federalism, ranging from fiscal federalism to intergovernmental relations, from social policymaking to political culture. Most contributions are written by political scientists—some with a pronounced philosophical bent, but a few chapters are penned by law scholars, and one was written by an economist.’
– Jan Erk, The Journal of Federalism

‘Recent events across the world have highlighted the importance of federalism. Yet too often, even political science students have only the most basic idea of what federalism is and why it is important. This book will help alleviate that ignorance with its systematic approach to teaching federalism, as it provides a treasure trove of information in an accessible format on comparative federalism that will help fill a gap in knowledge of this pivotal and timely area.''
– Carol S. Weissert, Florida State University, US

‘A rare collection of concise essays on key federal topics and countries with great ideas on how to teach them. Implementing these ideas in class will be both intellectually inspiring and fun.’
——肖恩Mueller, University of Lausanne, Switzerland