Review of “The Symbolic State”
Sean Mueller has reviewed Karlo Basta's book, The Symbolic State: Minority Recognition, Majority Backlash, and Secession in Multinational Countries. Read more here.
Sean Mueller has reviewed Karlo Basta's book, The Symbolic State: Minority Recognition, Majority Backlash, and Secession in Multinational Countries. Read more here.
Ignacio Lago has edited Handbook on Decentralization, Devolution, and the State (Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar, 2021). The book's contributors examine how decentralization varies across countries and…
M. P. Singh has written Federalism in India (New Delhi: SAGE Publications, 2022). The book offers a broad analysis of the Indian federal system with a global…
James Farney and Julie M. Simmons have edited Open Federalism Revisited: Regional and Federal Dynamics in the Harper Era (Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Press, 2021).…
A group of scholars have edited The Principle of Equality in Diverse States: Reconciling Autonomy with Equal Rights and Opportunities (Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2021). The book looks…
David R. Cameron has written The Daily Plebiscite: Federalism, Nationalism, and Canada (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2021). The book collects Cameron's writings on a…
A group of scholars have edited Federalism and the Response to COVID-19: A Comparative Analysis (New Delhi: Routledge, 2022). The book's chapters compare how federal governments around…
Thomas G.W. Telfer and Virginia Torrie have written Debt and Federalism: Landmark Cases in Canadian Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law, 1894-1937 (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2021). The authors…
Nico Steytler has edited Comparative Federalism and Covid-19 (Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge, 2021). The writers offer a multidisciplinary approach in exploring whether federalism helped or hindered in…
Félix Mathieu has reviewed Thomas O. Hueglin's book, Federalism in Canada: Contested Concepts and Uneasy Balances. Read more here.
Carlos A. Ball has written Principles Matter: The Constitution, Progressives, and the Trump Era (Oxon: Oxford University Press, 2021). The author explores how progressives can…
Brendan Boyd and Andrew Olive have edited Provincial Policy Laboratories: Policy Diffusion and Transfer in Canada’s Federal System (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2021). The book explores…
A group of scholars have written Judicial Federalism in Australia: History, Theory, Doctrine, and Practice (Alexandria, NSW: The Federation Press, 2021). The book traces the development…
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