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Voting Factors in Scottish and Welsh Regional Elections

Alia Middleton explores regional and national factors that help to explain regional electoral outcomes in 2016 elections in Scotland and Wales. Read more here.

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Centralized Power Versus Federalism in India

Sabyasachi Bhattacharya provides an overview of how India's governmental structure was developed and asks whether it is time "to rethink the present mix between…

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Nepal’s Federalist Ambiguities

Thaneshwar Bhusal warns that Nepal's shift to federalism has created a rising number of political, financial, and administrative ambiguities that could lead to intergovernmental…

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Survey on the Canadian Federation

The Mowat Centre has published the results of a survey exploring how Canadians view the federation. The survey has revealed "deep divisions across the…

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Do State Disparities Threaten Indian Federalism?

Milan Vaishnav and Jamie Hintson write that democratic federalism has helped hold India together for decades. They suggest, however, that disparities between the states…

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Federalism and Brazil’s 1891 Constitution

José Ernesto Pimentel Filho traces how federalism was adopted by Brazil following the 1889 coup against the monarchy, including the extent to which American federalism…

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Tax Harmonization and Budgetary Federalism in the EU

Guillaume Bullier contends that budgetary federalism, rather than tax harmonization, would best ensure the democratic nature of tax decision-making within the European Union. Read more…

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Green Federalism Conference Notes

Ash Narain Roy and Alana Golmei have edited "A Note on Green Federalism: Sharing Best Practices," a collection of essays and discussions from the…

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Regional Conflicts in Canada

Jack Mintz writes that two types of regional conflicts occur in federations: conflicts of taste and conflicts of claim. Mintz explores how these concepts…

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Op-Ed on Pakistani Federalism

Foqia Sadiq Khan briefly reviews the relationship between Pakistan's central government and the provinces. She writes that although the nation "has gradually moved towards…

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Fiscal Federalism and Income Inequality in Switzerland

A group of scholars have studied the impact of fiscal federalism on income inequality and redistribution. Read more here.

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Nepali Opposition Party Claims Government Opposes Federalism

The Nepali Congress, the leading opposition party in the Federal Parliament, has increasingly spoken out against a number of bills filed by the national…

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Fundamental Federalism Bills Stalled in Nepal

Jagdishor Panday reports that a number of bills that are crucial to the process of strengthening federalism in the nation are stalled in the…

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