A group of scholars have examined how Brazilian federalism was affected during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more here.
Anahely Medrano examines the evolution of state-level social spending in Mexico from 2000 to 2018 and suggests that increases in that spending herald a…
Aswini K. Ray worries that India's "fault lines are increasingly denting liberal institutions" and challenging the nation's future as one that is democratically federal…
The credit rating firm Fitch Ratings points to Canada's highly decentralized governmental structure as a key reason for the nation's strong provincial, territorial, and…
A group of scholars explore how changes in the administrative-territorial structure affect ethnic voting in Kenya. Read more here.
On September 29, the University of Ottawa will present a webinar titled, "A Comparative Perspective on Canadian Fiscal Federalism." Read more here.
Natalia Korotina examines economic federalism from the standpoint of an institutional approach. Read more here.
William W. Burke-White considers the role that subnational governments play in the international legal system. Read more here.
Yvonne Hegele and Johanna Schnabel examine how three European nations -- Austria, Germany, and Switzerland -- have responded to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more…
Douglas Brown has reviewed Mary Janigan's book, The Art of Sharing: The Richer versus the Poorer Provinces since Confederation. Janigan's book explores the origins of…
Robert Hamilton explores federalism issues related to implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Read more here.
Toby Fyfe and Stephen Van Dine contend that the nation's voters should elect leaders who are committed to cooperative federalism. Read more here.
The Economist reports that, four years after Catalan's independence referendum, Spanish and Catalan leaders are set to begin talks about the region's future. Read…
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