Nitish Pahwa writes that India's responses to the coronavirus outbreak have varied widely by state. Read more here.
European Union leaders have proposed a pandemic recovery plan that would give the organization taxation and spending powers similar to those held by a…
The Peter MacKell Chair in Federalism at McGill University has created a compendium of resources related to federalism and the coronavirus. Read more here.
Rory Scothorne reviews two books that explore the rise of the Scottish independence movement: The Great Mistake of Scottish Independence, by John Lloyd and The Literary…
Dave Owen and Hannah Jacobs Wiseman examine coequal federalism -- that is, when federal- and state-appointed officials work together within a single agency that can…
Shui Yan Tang and Brian An compare the intergovernmental responses of the United States and China to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more here.
Johannes Saurer reports on the cooperative administrative federalism at work in Germany's response to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more here.
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have released a proposal that would offer states and localities almost $1 trillion in funding to help…
Writing that "Medicaid is a program that exemplifies federalism," Simon Marshall-Shah contends that increased federal assistance to the states through this program will be…
Ilya Somin writes that President Trump's recent threat to withhold federal funds from states that allow voting by mail is a "menace" to both…
Ken Hicks traces the historical stages of American federalism and concludes that the coronavirus pandemic marks "a further regression of American governing capacity" down to "fend-for-yourself…
Venkaiah Naidu reviews the development of India's bicameral legislature and suggests that federalism plays into why a bicameral structure is appropriate for the nation: "Federalism…
Sean B. Hecht examines the federal Public Health Act and contends that public health can benefit from the division of public-health responsibilities between the…
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