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.
Hari Bansh Jha reviews instances of corruption in Nepal and suggests that "the fall of federalism seems to be imminent." Read more here.
In an op-ed, Grady Means urges Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives to propose a budget bill that would shift more authority over…
A group of scholars consider how, in the public-health context, federalism should influence the outcome of rights-based assessments. Read more here.
Eric Yankson uses a metagovernance framework to analyze the inter-jurisdictional and multi-scalar nature of local contexts. Read more here.
Michelle M. Mello and Lawrence O. Gostin explore how individual liberties and public-health powers can be balanced while acknowledging that federalism requires that states be the…
The John F. Kennedy Institute of the Freie Universität Berlin has announced a conference titled, "Contested Canada: Navigating Past, Present and Future Sovereignties," to be…
Christoph Henkel and Randall K. Johnson write that state-owned cannabis industry banks offer a way for the industry to surmount the differing cannabis policies…
In an interview, constitutional lawyers from Switzerland and Italy discuss democracy and federalism in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more here.
Kristin Eberhard and Matthew Brandon Lee review the passage of Canada's federal carbon tax and consider whether such a tax could be enacted in…
The Washington Post reports that governmental responses to the Covid-19 pandemic have inspired at least 30 states, led mostly by Republicans, to strip their public…
Writing for the Forum of Federations, F. Leslie Seidle examines language policy in federal and devolved nations. Read more here.
Rafael Cox-Alomar explores whether the seventy-year-old constitution of Puerto Rico is "a failed experiment in American federalism." Read more here.
Daniel Béland and Trevor Tombe offer suggestions on how to improve Canada's federal healthcare funding. Read more here.
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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.
Federalism’s influence on American government, culture and society is pervasive and profound, yet often unexplored. This short podcast examines single, practical topics to show how federalism’s influence is real and relevant in average citizens’ daily lives.
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