The Value of Comparative Federalism (PDF)

Nico Steytler is Professor of Public Law, Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape, South Africa, and South African Research Chair in Multilevel Government, Law and Development. He is a former member of the Financial and Fiscal Commission, and former President of the International Association of Centres for Federal Studies. He has published widely on federalism, including Decentralisation and Constitutionalism in Africa (2019, co-edited); Concurrent Powers in Federal Systems: Meaning, Making, Managing (2017, edited); Local Government Law of South Africa (2019, co-authored); and Kenyan-South African Dialogue on Devolution (2015).

Balveer Arora is Chairman, Centre for Multilevel Federalism, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi, India, and former Professor of Political Science, Centre for Political Studies, and former Rector and Pro Vice-Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He has been Visiting Professor at Sciences Po, Paris; École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris; Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (FMSH), Paris; and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. He is Officer in the Order of Academic Laurels (France) and Chevalier of the Legion of Honour (France). Among his publications are the coedited volumes Federalism in India: Origins and Development (1992); Multiple Identities in a Single State: Indian Federalism in Comparative Perspective (1995); Changing Role of the All-India Services (2000); and Transforming India: Socio-Political Dynamics of Democracy (2000).