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Category: Comparative Federalism

American Federalism

January 11, 2018

American and Canadian Sub-federal Governmental Influence on Trade Negotiations

Christopher J. Kukucha writes about how the federal systems in Canada and the United States have affected the negotiation of international trade agreements. Kukucha…

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American Federalism

December 4, 2017

Federalism and Supreme Courts

Publius has gathered six previously published articles into a "virtual issue" that examines various ways that supreme courts perform the “umpire of federalism” role. Read…

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Comparative Federalism

December 4, 2017

Canadian Mayors Look to Ottawa for New Partnerships

Mayors of Canadian cities won new partnerships with Ottawa and provinces. Now they want partnerships on mental health and the opioid crisis. Read more…

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Comparative Federalism

December 1, 2017

Multinational Federalism and the “Federal Deficit”

In this article, Félix Mathieu and Dave Guénette posit that multinational federations are polities that hold together at least two constituent national partners. They assert…

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Comparative Federalism

November 30, 2017

Federalism and Diversity-Driven Conflicts

Thomas O. Hueglin has published an Occasional Paper with the Forum of Federations entitled “Coping with Diversity: Federalism and the Return of History.” He…

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Comparative Federalism

November 20, 2017

The Catalan Crisis and Spanish Federalism

This article contends that the boundaries of Spain, like those of other European nations, have been shaped mostly by conflict and conquest rather than…

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Books

November 16, 2017

New Book About Federalism in Kenya

Robert M. Maxon has published Majimbo in Kenya’s Past: Federalism in the 1940s and 1950s. (Amherst, NY: Cambria, 2017). The book examines the federalism aspirations…

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Comparative Federalism

November 6, 2017

A Catalan View of the Self-Determination Referendum

Since 2012, more than 75% of Catalan citizens, together with the parliamentary majority that supports the Catalan government, have demanded a self-determination referendum--namely, a…

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Comparative Federalism

December 23, 2015

Comparative Federalism

The Center’s first comparative federalism program was Urbanization in Federal Systems, begun in 1972 with a two-year grant from the U.S. Office of Education.

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