Report on the Future of Federalism
Stanford's Bill Lane Center has released a report titled, "Future of Federalism and Foreign Policy Report." Read more here.
Stanford's Bill Lane Center has released a report titled, "Future of Federalism and Foreign Policy Report." Read more here.
Policy Options has presented the results of a new survey relating to French-speaking Canadians' opinions on federalism and their relationship to English-speaking Canadians. Read more…
The University of Chicago's Government Finance Research Center has issued an analysis of how states and localities have used federal American Rescue Plan Act…
In an op-ed, Achyut Wagle contends that a disconnect between local policies and local budgetary practices has failed to capture "the federal spirit of…
Chengyuan Ji and Xiao Ma examine how the "moral authority" of respected individuals can sway local governments and boost a locality's odds of achieving a…
Dwight De Leon writes that President Rodrigo Duterte leaves office "with federalism still what it was when he ran for the country's top post…
A group of researchers with the International Monetary Fund consider how social outcomes are affected by fiscal decentralization. Read more here.
A group of scholars contend that patterns of non-financial asset ownership are a useful yet overlooked measure of how power is distributed to different levels…
Dhalbahadur Khatri explores whether single-ethnicity federalism in Nepal threatens the nation's social harmony. Read more here.
Christa Scholtz and Andrei Munteanu question how truly cooperative "cooperative federalism" can be under a de facto concurrency rule. Read more here.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced plans to hold another referendum for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom (password required). Read more here.
In an op-ed, Thomas B. Edsall writes that although "in theory, American federalism allows a thousand flowers to bloom, as cities and states serve as…
Robert Tracinski contends that, as with slavery, leaving the controversial issue of abortion to the states does not necessarily mean that conflict will be…
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