01646nam a2200361 a 4500001001400000003000800014005001700022006001900039007001500058008004100073020003800114040002100152050001000173082001500183100002200198245012700220260004600347300003200393490002500425520032900450588004700779504005100826650002400877650003500901650004000936650003800976650004901014650005401063776003301117830002601150856009101176999001701267EDZ0000072918StDuBDS20150804193943.0m||||||||d||||||||cr||||||||||||090515s2009    enk    fo     001 0 eng|d  a9780191721953 (ebook) :cNo price  aStDuBDScStDuBDS 4aJC35504a321.022221 aBolleyer, Nicole.10aIntergovernmental cooperationh[electronic resource] :brational choices in federal systems and beyond /cNicole Bolleyer.  aOxford :bOxford University Press,c2009.  a1 online resource (272 p.).1 aComparative politics8 aThis text argues that governments' choices in favour or against strong intergovernmental institutions are not primarily driven by considerations of efficiency but by internal political dynamics within their own boundaries. It applies the argument to Canada, Switzerland, the United States, and finally to the European Union.  aDescription based on print version record.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 0aFederal government. 0aIntergovernmental cooperation. 0aCentral-local government relations. 0aFederal governmentvCase studies. 0aIntergovernmental cooperationvCase studies. 0aCentral-local government relationsvCase studies.08iPrint versionz9780199570607 0aComparative politics.403Oxford scholarship onlineuhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199570607.001.0001  c38188d38188