Subnational Governmental Strategies in Latin America
Kent Eaton considers how subnational governments in Latin America are defending their authority vis-à-vis national governments. Read more here.
Kent Eaton considers how subnational governments in Latin America are defending their authority vis-à-vis national governments. Read more here.
The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on a bill that would promote voter access, strengthen campaign finance laws, and reform redistricting…
Amanda Kass and Philip Rocco explore why states and localities need more federal financial support. Read more here.
Ilya Somin reviews the status of litigation challenging the Centers for Disease Control's authority to issue a nationwide eviction moratorium. Read more here.
Girard Miller urges state and local leaders to think strategically, and to work from the bottom up, to push Congress for infrastructure support. Read…
Patricia Popelier has written Dynamic Federalism: A New Theory for Cohesion and Regional Autonomy (Oxon: Routledge, 2021). Popelier outlines what dynamic federalism is, offers indexes…
Johanne Poirier compares how the characteristics of intergovernmental relations differ in common-law versus civil-law jurisdictions. Read more here.
Chakar Khan, Muhammad Akram, and Imran Farooq examine the effects of fiscal decentralization on social services in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. Read more…
In an op-ed, Colbert I. King contends that Republican Senator Mike Lee's support for federalism ends when it comes to issues related to Washington…
Noah Feldman argues that the challenges presented by the pandemic and climate change have left federalism's "obsolescence . . . increasingly obvious." Read more…
On April 9, the American Society for Public Adminstration's Section on Intergovernmental Administration and Management will host the ASPA Deil Wright Symposium. CSF Fellow…
Stephen Van Dine contrasts how two federations, Australia and Canada, have responded to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more here.
A federal court has rejected arguments from telephone and cable companies that California's net-neutrality law should be barred from taking effect on grounds that…
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