Federalism and Democracy: Beyond the U.S. Model

Issue Date October 1999
Volume 10
Issue 4
Page Numbers 19-34
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About the Author

Alfred Stepan is the founding director of Columbia University’s Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration, and Religion (CDTR), and author (with Juan J. Linz) of Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe.

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