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September 27, 2018

Fiscal Federalism and Social Policy in India

Yamini Aiyar and Avani Kapur look at the relationship between fiscal federalism and social policy in India. The writers contend that despite recent efforts…

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September 26, 2018

Mistakes in the American and Canadian Constitutions?

Ilya Somin and Leonid Sirota take a look at what they dislike the most about the fundamental documents of their respective nations.

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September 26, 2018

More Centralization in Mexico?

Daniela Stevens writes that incoming president Andrés Manuel López Obrador's plan to reduce the number of federal liaisons to the states from thirty-two to one has…

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September 25, 2018

Canadian Federalism and Indigenous Rights

Eugene King writes that a recent court decision derailing the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion because (in part) the Canadian government failed to consult with…

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September 24, 2018

Federalism Too Soon for the Philippines?

Malcolm Cook predicts that the Philippines will not adopt a federalist system during President Rodrigo Duterte's presidency. Cook supports the status quo on grounds…

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September 24, 2018

Winter School on Federalism

The University of Innsbruck and Eurac Research have announced a call for applications for the 2019 Winter School on Federalism and Governance. Read more here.

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September 21, 2018

Intergovernmental Responses to Climate Change in Canada and Germany

An international group of scholars has studied Canadian and German intergovernmental responses to climate change. They suggest that because the effects of climate change…

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September 18, 2018

Ethiopian Federalism in Transition?

Yonatan Fessha writes that although Ethiopia's two-decade-old federal structure is dominated by democratic centralism, the nation is moving toward increased power at the state…

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September 18, 2018

“Prescribing Federalism”: Canadian Pharmacare Proposal Studied

The Mowat Centre of Ontario has prepared a report examining the intergovernmental implications of a national pharmacare program. Read more here.

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September 18, 2018

Canadian Indigenous Communities and Oil and Gas Development

Stephen Buffalo of the Indian Resource Council writes that the contested Trans Mountain pipeline project has sparked all manner of concerns, "even the fragility…

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September 17, 2018

Change Called for in Myanmar’s Amendment Process

Jesse Hartery writes that as Myanmar considers moving toward a federal structure, it should also consider changes to its current constitutional amendment procedure. The…

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September 17, 2018

Nigeria’s Federal Character Principle

Iyabode Ogunniran provides an overview of Nigeria's constitution and examines whether insertion of the "Federal Character Principle" in the constitution in 1979 has truly…

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September 14, 2018

Patient Care and Fiscal Federalism in Italy

Paolo Berta, Carla Guerriero, and Rosella Levaggi analyze the effects of fiscal federalism on the quality of patient care in Lombardy. The authors contend that…

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