Ray Worthy Campbell examines how an increasing emphasis on state sovereignty limits national sovereignty. Campbell contends that this is problematical because the United States carries out…
In a blog post, Alex Usher suggests that Canada's higher education system has suffered because of poorly coordinated funding between the federal government and…
Mahendra P. Lama writes that a variety of federalism arrangements exist across India, ranging from "federalism of the best variety and also the dismal…
The International Association of Constitutional Law has prepared an author interview with Robert Schütze and Stephen Tierney about their book, The United Kingdom and the Federal…
John Tamny discusses why Burger King's new limited-market Impossible Burger mirrors the ways that local governments are well equipped to try new policy ideas.…
Professor Kenneth Wong will present “Federalism and Education: Cross National Lessons” at Brown University on May 9, 2019. Wong will discuss ongoing challenges and policy strategies…
Manoj Viswanathan writes that much has been written about state-level efforts to limit the impact of the state-and-local-tax deduction cap, but little has been…
A group of authors have examined how federalism in Austria and Switzerland has affected climate-change mitigation in the fully decentralized building sectors of the two nations (password required).…
Alberto Ciancio and Camilo García-Jimeno explore how the sharing of immigration enforcement responsibilities by local and federal officials affects immigration enforcement outcomes. Read more here.
Kevin James, Sohini Chatterjee, and Akshat Agarwal contend that the Indian National Congress's 2019 election manifesto does not go far enough in pushing for…
A group of scholars contend that the extensive powers that the states have over sensitive political functions, along with doctrines such as the anti-commandeering…
Jamison E. Colburn contends that the desire of many state and local governments to continue to support the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement…
Omar Al-Jaffal reports that there are increasing calls for a federalist form of government in three of the nation's governorates, including oil-rich Basra. Al-Jaffal…
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