Current News, Analyses, Events, Publications, & Personalities
In the interests of intellectual discourse, the Center for the Study of Federalism posts diverse viewpoints. The views we post do not necessarily represent the views of the Center.
Podcast on the State of Australian Federalism
POSTED | Jul 23, 2021
In its "Democracy Sausage" podcast, the Asia and the Pacific Policy Society present, "Finger Pointing, Federalism, and Alternative Facts." You can listen here.
Coronavirus and "Federalism, Chinese Style"
POSTED | Jul 23, 2021
Philipp Renninger considers how well the central-local levels of Chinese government have responded to the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic. Read more here.
Book on Canadian Policy Diffusion
POSTED | Jul 22, 2021
Brendan Boyd and Andrew Olive have edited Provincial Policy Laboratories: Policy Diffusion and Transfer in Canada’s Federal System (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2021). The book explores how...More
New Report from the Forum of Federations
POSTED | Jul 22, 2021
The Forum of Federations has announced the release of a new report by Michael Burgess and G. Alan Tarr, "Sub-National Constitutions in Federal Systems." Read...More
Federalism and State Health Policy Decisions
POSTED | Jul 21, 2021
Rachel Block examines the role that federalism plays in state health policy decision-making. Read more here.
How Are States and Localities Using ARPA Funding?
POSTED | Jul 21, 2021
Bill Lucia explores the many ways that states and localities are using federal pandemic relief funds. Read more here.
Federalism and Canada's Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
POSTED | Jul 20, 2021
A group of scholars recently participated in a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation discussion of federalism and the coronavirus pandemic. Read more here.
Conservative Support for Decentralization
POSTED | Jul 20, 2021
Diego Fossati examines the political experience of Indonesia to contend that in some circumstances, "decentralized governance may be instrumental to conservative and exclusionary ideologies." Read...More
Corporate Tax Rates and Renewed Fiscal Federalism
POSTED | Jul 19, 2021
Tracy A. Kaye and Michel De Wolf consider whether, in light of advances in internet-based trade, the current division of the global tax base is...More
Federalism and Artificial Intelligence
POSTED | Jul 19, 2021
Chad Squitieri reviews Frank Pasquale's book, New Laws of Robotics, and suggests how the federal government and the states could regulate artificially intelligent technologies in a way that promotes...More
New Book on Gerrymandering and Federalism
POSTED | Jul 16, 2021
A group of scholars have written Gerrymandering the States: Partisanship, Race, and the Transformation of American Federalism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021). The authors trace the...More
Webinar on Wales and Devolution
POSTED | Jul 16, 2021
On July 20, the Federal Trust for Research and Devolution will present a webinar discussing the Welsh perspective on shared governance in the United Kingdom....More
More Instability for Ethiopia?
POSTED | Jul 15, 2021
Mehari Taddele Maru predicts that Ethiopia's recent elections will not bring peace and that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is "actively dismantling the current multinational federalism...More
Court Blocks Maryland's Plan to End Federal Unemployment Benefits
POSTED | Jul 15, 2021
A Maryland state court has blocked Governor Larry Hogan's plan to pull the state out of the federal program that provides continued unemployment benefits (password...More
Is the Federal Government Closer to Legalizing Marijuana?
POSTED | Jul 14, 2021
Brooke Staggs examines whether federal legalization of cannabis -- which has been legalized by many states -- is on the horizon. Read more here.