The Federalism Library is an online multimedia collection of articles, books, and podcasts exploring contemporary and classic questions related to federalism. It includes material created by the Center for the Study of Federalism, as well as carefully curated information from prominent writers on federalism.
A group of authors have examined how federalism in Austria and Switzerland has affected climate-change mitigation in the fully decentralized building sectors of the two nations (password required).…
Alberto Ciancio and Camilo García-Jimeno explore how the sharing of immigration enforcement responsibilities by local and federal officials affects immigration enforcement outcomes. Read more here.
Kevin James, Sohini Chatterjee, and Akshat Agarwal contend that the Indian National Congress's 2019 election manifesto does not go far enough in pushing for…
A group of scholars contend that the extensive powers that the states have over sensitive political functions, along with doctrines such as the anti-commandeering…
Jamison E. Colburn contends that the desire of many state and local governments to continue to support the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement…
Omar Al-Jaffal reports that there are increasing calls for a federalist form of government in three of the nation's governorates, including oil-rich Basra. Al-Jaffal…
The South Asian Studies Council will host the Federalism in South Asia Conference from April 26 through April 28, 2019. Read more here.
Sean Mueller explores the role that majoritarian democracy has played in the Catalan separatist movement. Read more here.
Brent Rathgeber contends that federalism in Canada might have "entered a new and awkward phase this past weekend" over the Trans Mountain Pipeline dispute. Read more…
Bruce Katz writes that federalism and "its close relation," localism, have made the United States resilient in ways that more centrally focused nations are…
Justice Goodwin Liu of the California Supreme Court has reviewed Jeffrey S. Sutton's recent book about judicial federalism, 51 Imperfect Solutions: The Making of American Constitutional Law, in the Yale…
Adam Harris Kurland explores the role of the federal government in prosecuting local police officers for civil rights violations. Read more here.
Writing that "nonjusticiable does not mean toothless," Carolyn Shapiro suggests that the Guarantee Clause requires Congress to address state level, antidemocratic tactics such as extreme…
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Federalism is American government’s best kept secret. Its influence is pervasive and profound. Though not mentioned in the Constitution, federalism’s meaning and application have been at the center of disputes from 1776 to the Civil War to our current culture wars. We are scholars who focus on federalism, and through this podcast, we explore how federalism, from practice to theory, shapes our politics, policies, culture, society, and daily life.
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