The malaise of federalism: Comparative reflections on commonwealth-state relations

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 298-306

  Fenna, Alan ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Centralisation; Federalism; Global trends in federalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548288897     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: 14678500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2007.00551.x     Document Type: Article

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