01184pab a2200157 454500 180718b2015 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Broschek, Jorg Pathways of federal reform: Australia, Canada, Germany, and Switzerland 2015 p.51-76. Winter Applying a historical-institutionalist framework, this article systematically explores the patterns of institutional reform in four federations (Australia, Canada, Germany, and Switzerland) since the early 1990s. The article finds that the historical legacy of a federal system has an effect on the overarching reform goal (strengthening self-rule versus shared rule), as well as the scope (focused versus comprehensive) and mode (constitutional versus nonconstitutional) of reforms. Reforms in Australia and Canada were primarily concerned with pathologies such as unilateralism and duplication of competences and had as their main goal to strengthen shared rule. Reforms in Germany and Switzerland were initiated to disentangle both tiers of government by strengthening self-rule. - Reproduced. Federalism Publius 108536 108531 108531 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 45, Issue no: 1 AR108996 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR