Charles M. Lamb and Jacob R. Neiheisel have written Constitutional Landmarks: Supreme Court Decisions on Separation of Powers, Federalism, and Economic Rights (Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave MacMillan,…
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has issued a federalism study focused on Asian subnational governments' capacity to fund and deliver public services.…
New Hampshire has sued Massachusetts in the U.S. Supreme Court because of Massachusetts's taxing of income earned by New Hampshire residents who telecommute for…
Isaac Stanley-Becker writes that the slow administration of the coronavirus vaccine stems from a lack of unified communication about their availability and because "many…
Befekadu Hailu contends that it is time to restructure Ethiopia's federation because the nation's "experiment with ethnofederalism has led the country into an existential crisis."…
In a commentary for the Center for the Study of Federalism, Hanspeter Tschäni explores two challenges to Swiss federalism that have arisen during the…
Jacob Sullum considers Anthony Fauci's assertion that federalism has limited the effectiveness of the American response to the pandemic. Read more here.
Rekha Saxena has edited New Dimensions in Federal Discourse in India (Oxon: Routledge, 2020). The book explores continuities and changes in Indian federalism since independence…
John Ibbitson writes that federalism has been key in keeping "bumblebee Canada" aloft during the coronavirus pandemic (password required). Read more here.
The Federal Committee of the Union of European Federalists, a pan-European, non-governmental political organisation dedicated to the promotion of European political unity, met on December 19 and…
A.G. Noorani writes that India has long leaned more toward a unitary, rather than federal, structure, and that "the Modi government has accelerated an…
Sam Whimster evaluates the prospects of the United Kingdom becoming a federal republic similar in form to Germany's governing structure. Read more here.
A group of scholars explore the political economy dimensions of renewable resource federalism. Read more here.
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