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Canada’s Climate Change Policy and “Federalism 3.0”

Jason MacLean contends that politics as usual cannot effectively combat global warming and therefore a new conceptualization of constitutionalism and federalism is necessary. Read more…

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Somali Federalism Project Endangered?

Nicholas Haysom of the United Nations warns that deteriorating relations between the national government and the states threaten efforts to establish a federal form…

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EU Leaders Approve Brexit Plan

European Union leadership has approved the withdrawal proposal offered by Prime Minister Theresa May's government. The British parliament will vote on the proposed agreement…

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National Parliaments and EU “Competence Creep”

Jacob Öberg explores to what extent national parliaments can be considered "trustworthy safeguards of federalism" for control of European Union "competence creep." Read more here.

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Round-Up of Philippines Federalism News

PTV, the nation's public television network, has gathered a series of articles about the proposed shift to federalism. Read more here.

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Federal Spending and Brazil’s Local Labor Markets

Raphael B. Corbi, Elias Papaioannou, and Paolo Surico examine the effect that federal transfers to local governments have on local labor markets. Read more here.

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Tax Treaties and Brazilian Federalism

Ivan Ozai writes that the Brazilian Constitution contains limitations relating to the right to tax the federal, state, and local governments. He examines the…

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The Founding of Federal Austria

Anna Gamper of the University of Innsbruck offers an overview of the origins of Austria's federal structure in the years following World War I.…

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Conference to Consider Cooperative Federalism

The Indian Political Science Association has announced the 58th All India Political Science Conference & International Conference on India, to be held at the Department of…

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Green Federalism Conference in Kolkata

The Heinrich Böll Foundation will hold a conference on green federalism November 13 and 14. Topics include: "Federalism and Sustainable Development," "Federal and Sub-National…

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Book on Federalism and the Welfare State

Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant, et al., have edited Federalism and the Welfare State in a Multicultural World (Montreal: McGill-Queen's Univ. Press, 2018), part of the Queen's…

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New Philippines Federalism Task Force

A new task force on federalism has been formed to raise public awareness of federalism and to consult with various governmental and private groups…

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A Blow to Federalism by Mexico’s President-Elect?

León Krauze writes that Mexico's president-elect, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has made a number of questionable moves before assuming office, including the appointment of…

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