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American Federalism

January 17, 2023

Are American States Truly “Laboratories of Democracy”?

Charles W. Tyler and Heather K. Gerken contend that third-party organizations (such as interest groups, activists, and funders), not states, are the true "laboratories of…

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News

January 13, 2023

Review of Nepal’s Transition to Federalism

Robert Smith and Nucharee Smith trace Nepal's "rocky road" to federalism. Read more here.

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American Federalism

January 13, 2023

States Disagree About Federal Transportation Funding Priorities

Jared Brey considers the impact that a memo from a Federal Highway Administration administrator has had on the use of federal transportation aid to…

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American Federalism

January 12, 2023

Ohio Creates Tenth Amendment Office

Ohio has created an office, the "Tenth Amendment Center," charged with monitoring potential encroachments by the federal government on state power. Read more here.

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American Federalism

January 12, 2023

How the States are Using Federal Funds

Andrews Adams reports on how states are using federal infrastructure and pandemic-relief funds. Read more here.

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Books

January 11, 2023

Book on State Legislatures and American Federalism

Christian G. Fritz has written Monitoring American Federalism: The History of State Legislative Resistance (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023). Fritz traces the development of interposition and nullification in American politics.

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Other Federal Countries

January 10, 2023

Fiscal Federalism within the EU

Bruno Peters considers the "dynamic process" of fiscal federalism within the European Union.

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Other Federal Countries

January 10, 2023

Centralization and Decentralization in Mexico

Juan C. Olmedo analyzes centralization and decentralization in Mexico from 1824 to 2020.

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American Federalism

January 9, 2023

Waters of the United States Rule Revised

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced that the process of revising the meaning of "waters of the United States" is at final rule outreach after going through, among other processes, the federalism consultation period.

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Other Federal Countries

January 9, 2023

Winter School on Federalism in Austria and Italy Announced

The International Political Science Association has announced its Winter School on Federalism and Governance, to be held in February of this year.

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Other Federal Countries

January 6, 2023

Canada and UNDRIP

Ryan Beaton analyzes the ways that Canada has grappled with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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Other Federal Countries

January 6, 2023

Fiscal Decentralization in Kenya

Naftaly Mose describes the Kenyan experience with fiscal decentralization and economic growth.

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American Federalism

January 5, 2023

Federalism and Assisted Suicide in Massachusetts

Austin Sarat contends that judicial federalism should have led the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to finding a constitutional right to suicide

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