ISSN: 2036-5438
- 1. Mind the Gap Between Federalism and Secession: the Relationship Between Two (In)compatible Concepts
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- ... from that, the paper provides for a nuanced account of the relationship between the two concepts by developing its argument in three steps. First, it defines the two concepts and highlights that secession ...
- Created on 31 July 2024
- 2. Two Western Canadian Provinces Asserting Provincial Sovereignty Seek to Challenge the Fundamentals of Canadian Constitutional Democracy and Order
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- Errol P. Mendes This article analyses how two western Canadian provinces, Alberta and Saskatchewan, have used the concept of provincial sovereignty to argue for a form of autonomy that violates ...
- Created on 31 July 2024
- 3. The European Union as a Form of ‘Functional Federalism’
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- Giuseppe Martinico In this contribution, I shall explore the concept of ‘functional federalism’ as developed by Peter Hay in his book Federalism and Supranational Organizations: Patterns for New ...
- Created on 29 July 2024
- 4. ‘Spearheaded Asymmetry’ in “Multinational” European Federalising Processes: the Asymmetric Challenges in ‘Regional States’
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- ... seem to frame all the facets of the asymmetrical demands of national minorities in those federalising processes called ‘regional states’. This article introduces the concept of ‘spearheaded asymmetry’ ...
- Created on 24 July 2024
- 5. What Can Asymmetric Federalism and Differentiation in EU Law Learn From Each Other? Asymmetric Federalism as an Explanatory Model for Differentiation in EU Law
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- Marjan Kos The article applies the concept of asymmetric federalism to differentiation in European Union (EU) law. By doing this, it brings together two strands of literature that share many similarities ...
- Created on 23 July 2024
- 6. The Current Challenges to Asymmetric Federalism in India in Comparative Perspective
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- ... federalism. Asymmetry, conceptually speaking, is linked to the so-called politics of difference and recognition in post-liberal political theory. The abrogation of Article 370 that ensured federal asymmetry ...
- Created on 22 July 2024
- 7. How Multilevel Governance Structures and Crisis Mitigating Measures Impact Political Trust: a Systematic Literature Review
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- ... of a political system, especially in times of crisis, while the drivers of political trust are less often studied. The concept of political trust is also relevant from an MLG perspective, as different ...
- Created on 11 June 2024
- 8. Hungary and the European Union: the drift towards disintegration
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- ... case study of the deteriorating Hungary-EU relationship this paper focuses on the conceptual explanation for the measures taken by the Union in response to the decline of democracy in Hungary and Hungary’s ...
- Created on 22 January 2024
- 9. Federalism and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Disability-oriented and theoretical consideration of a legal philosopher
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- ... of the CRPD on the reformulation of legal concepts and the redefinition of power relations. Although not all the issues identified have a direct impact on the federal set-up of legal systems that have ...
- Created on 14 November 2023
- 10. Addressing Complexity. The rise of the hybrid multilateral climate regime and its impact on the role played by ENGOs in the governance of climate change.
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- ... played by NSAs and increasing the effectiveness of the global climate governance system. Accordingly, after duly addressing the literature on the issue at stake, this study has developed the concept of ...
- Created on 10 February 2023
- 11. European Republicanism and the Return of Geopolitics in European Integration Theory
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- ... analyses the agenda of the new German government, especially regarding the relations to authoritarian and populist regimes and the concept of a “European Federal Republic” as a future vision for Europe ...
- Created on 28 July 2022
- 12. Federalism, political culture and the Question of Remaking Nigeria
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- ... of federalism? This article, an exploratory study, interrogated the latter part of the question by examining the concept of federal political culture and its effect on the practice of federalism in the ...
- Created on 18 November 2021
- 13. The EU-Member State Relationship as a Principal-Agent Problem
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- Ever since the European Union came into existence many theories have addressed the state of European integration. This paper tries to offer a further interpretation building on the principal-agent concept. ...
- Created on 21 October 2021