Edited by Yonatan T. Fessha, University of the Western Cape, South Africa and Karl Kössler,Institute for Comparative Federalism of Eurac Research Bolzano/Bozen, Italy

‘Through studies of ten federal and quasi-federal countries, this book delivers a valuable in-depth examination of the tensions between federalism’s promise of regional and local democratic self-rule and interventions by federation and regional governments to ensure that regional and local governments maintain democracy, protect rights, behave honestly, deliver services, and fulfill constitutional duties while, in turn, seeking to prevent federation and regional governments from mounting corrupt and abusive interventions into regional and local affairs.’

• Contents:1 The law and politics of intervention in federal systems:framing the debate 1Yonatan T. Fessha and Karl Kössler2 Argentina: federal interventions as a constitutional way ofdoing politics 13Lara Goyburu3 Brazil: federal intervention as a paradox of unity and autonomy 35Marcelo Labanca Corrêa de Araújo4 Ethiopia: the use and abuse of intervention powers 59Zemelak Ayele and Gosaye Berhanu5 India: President’s Rule and permissive interventionism 87Louise Tillin6 Italy: federalism and intervention 115Alice Valdesalici7 Kenya: the framework and practice of national intervention incounties 151Henry Gichana8 Malaysia: intervention under the guise of emergency powers? 170Andrew Harding9 Nigeria: continuity and change in the law and politics offederal intervention 186Rotimi Suberu10 South Africa: the origins, uses and effectiveness ofintervention powers 216Yonatan T. Fessha, Lisa Draga, and Jaap De Visser11 Spain: the regulation and (rare) practice of centralgovernment’s intervention in the State of Autonomies 246Ignacio Molina and Mayte Salvador12 The balance between autonomy and intervention: lessonsfrom near and far 274Nico Steytler13 Intervention in federal systems: underlying rationales, legalbases, procedures and politics 295Karl Kössler and Yonatan T. Fessha

Edited by Yonatan T. Fessha, University of the Western Cape, South Africa and Karl Kössler,Institute for Comparative Federalism of Eurac Research Bolzano/Bozen, Italy

‘Through studies of ten federal and quasi-federal countries, this book delivers a valuable in-depth examination of the tensions between federalism’s promise of regional and local democratic self-rule and interventions by federation and regional governments to ensure that regional and local governments maintain democracy, protect rights, behave honestly, deliver services, and fulfill constitutional duties while, in turn, seeking to prevent federation and regional governments from mounting corrupt and abusive interventions into regional and local affairs.’

• Contents:1 The law and politics of intervention in federal systems:framing the debate 1Yonatan T. Fessha and Karl Kössler2 Argentina: federal interventions as a constitutional way ofdoing politics 13Lara Goyburu3 Brazil: federal intervention as a paradox of unity and autonomy 35Marcelo Labanca Corrêa de Araújo4 Ethiopia: the use and abuse of intervention powers 59Zemelak Ayele and Gosaye Berhanu5 India: President’s Rule and permissive interventionism 87Louise Tillin6 Italy: federalism and intervention 115Alice Valdesalici7 Kenya: the framework and practice of national intervention incounties 151Henry Gichana8 Malaysia: intervention under the guise of emergency powers? 170Andrew Harding9 Nigeria: continuity and change in the law and politics offederal intervention 186Rotimi Suberu10 South Africa: the origins, uses and effectiveness ofintervention powers 216Yonatan T. Fessha, Lisa Draga, and Jaap De Visser11 Spain: the regulation and (rare) practice of centralgovernment’s intervention in the State of Autonomies 246Ignacio Molina and Mayte Salvador12 The balance between autonomy and intervention: lessonsfrom near and far 274Nico Steytler13 Intervention in federal systems: underlying rationales, legalbases, procedures and politics 295Karl Kössler and Yonatan T. Fessha

Edited by Yonatan T. Fessha, University of the Western Cape, South Africa and Karl Kössler,Institute for Comparative Federalism of Eurac Research Bolzano/Bozen, Italy

‘Through studies of ten federal and quasi-federal countries, this book delivers a valuable in-depth examination of the tensions between federalism’s promise of regional and local democratic self-rule and interventions by federation and regional governments to ensure that regional and local governments maintain democracy, protect rights, behave honestly, deliver services, and fulfill constitutional duties while, in turn, seeking to prevent federation and regional governments from mounting corrupt and abusive interventions into regional and local affairs.’

• Contents:1 The law and politics of intervention in federal systems:framing the debate 1Yonatan T. Fessha and Karl Kössler2 Argentina: federal interventions as a constitutional way ofdoing politics 13Lara Goyburu3 Brazil: federal intervention as a paradox of unity and autonomy 35Marcelo Labanca Corrêa de Araújo4 Ethiopia: the use and abuse of intervention powers 59Zemelak Ayele and Gosaye Berhanu5 India: President’s Rule and permissive interventionism 87Louise Tillin6 Italy: federalism and intervention 115Alice Valdesalici7 Kenya: the framework and practice of national intervention incounties 151Henry Gichana8 Malaysia: intervention under the guise of emergency powers? 170Andrew Harding9 Nigeria: continuity and change in the law and politics offederal intervention 186Rotimi Suberu10 South Africa: the origins, uses and effectiveness ofintervention powers 216Yonatan T. Fessha, Lisa Draga, and Jaap De Visser11 Spain: the regulation and (rare) practice of centralgovernment’s intervention in the State of Autonomies 246Ignacio Molina and Mayte Salvador12 The balance between autonomy and intervention: lessonsfrom near and far 274Nico Steytler13 Intervention in federal systems: underlying rationales, legalbases, procedures and politics 295Karl Kössler and Yonatan T. Fessha