TY - BOOK AU - Watts, Ronald L. TI - New federations: experiments in the Commonwealth AV - JN248 .W3 U1 - 321.0209171242 PY - 1966/// CY - Oxford PB - Clarendon P. KW - Commonwealth of Nations KW - History KW - Commonwealth KW - fast KW - gnd KW - British colonies KW - Colonies KW - Administration KW - Politics and government KW - F oderalismus KW - Staat KW - Great Britain KW - Commonwealth countries KW - nli N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 386-398); Federal experiments -- The six federations -- Motives for union -- Motives for regional autonomy -- The nature of federal societies -- The variety of federal societies -- The constituent regions -- The distribution of powers -- Duality and unity -- The organization of central government -- The supremacy and rigidity of the constitution -- The effectiveness of the federal experiments; Also issued online ER -