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Other Federal Countries

A Low-Growth Leadership Role for Germany in the EU? 

Arvind Ashta considers Germany's economic challenges and suggests that there are a number of advantages offered by the European Union's federal structure: "This is the…

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Other Federal Countries

“Laboratory Federalism” and Australian Age Discrimination Law 

Alysia Blackham explores, in the context of Australian age-discrimination law, whether states are effective "laboratories" for governmental innovation. Read more here.

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Comparative Federalism

Federalism’s Impact on Secession Movements 

Leah Trueblood compares the effect federalism has had on secession movements in Scotland and Québec. Read more here.

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Other Federal Countries

Is Brazil a Federalist Nation?

Julio Homem de Siqueira and Daury Cesar Fabriz contend that although Brazil "adopts the federative principle, has never truly been federalist." Read more here.

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Federalism and the Council of Federation in Brazil 

A group of scholars review how Brazil's 1988 Federal Constitution enhanced cooperative federalism and marked the beginning of executive federalism. The writers also discuss…

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Book on Canadian Federalism 

Kathy L. Brock and Geoffrey Hale have written Federalism in Canada: Evolving Constitutional, Political, and Social Realities (Toronto: Irwin Law Inc., 2023). The authors explore the characteristics…

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Other Federal Countries

Nepal to create Committee on Federalism Implementation 

Nepal's national government is preparing to form a parliamentary committee to help the nation's progress in implementing federalism. Read more here.  

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Comparative Federalism

Nepal and Swiss Federalism 

In an op-ed, Khim Lal Devkota suggests that Nepal could benefit by studying Switzerland's experience with federalism. Read more here.

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Book on Federalism and Quebec 

Andrew McDougall has written Sleeping Dogs: Quebec and the Stabilization of Canadian Federalism After 1995 (Univ. of Toronto Press: Toronto, 2023). The author explores…

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Comparative Federalism

Webinar on Indian Federalism 

The University of Pennsylvania Institute for the Advanced Study of India will present a webinar titled "Indian Federalism: A Comparative and Contemporary View," on…

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“Unbundling” Federalism in Nepal 

In an op-ed, Khim Lal Devkota writes that the nation's localities are being undermined by higher levels of government. Read more here.

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A renewed push for Federalism in the Philippines? 

In a recent speech, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. called for the distribution of power across the nation. Otherwise, Marcos warned, "if Manila falls, the…

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“Handbook of Fiscal Federalism” Released 

The Forum of Federations has released its Handbook of Fiscal Federalism, featuring the contributions of an international group of scholars. Read more here.

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