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- 1. Volume 12 - issue 3 - 2020
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- The following are the latest essays, review articles and notes published on Perspectives on Federalism, which will be collected in next issue. You can download also previous issues from the archive.
- Created on 27 July 2021
- 2. Perspectives on Federalism web-site is updated as soon as new contributions are approved by reviewers and revised by the authors. They are then collected into three issues a year. You can freely download ...
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- Perspectives on Federalism web-site is updated as soon as new contributions are approved by reviewers and revised by the authors. They are then collected into three issues a year. You can freely download ...
- Created on 27 July 2021
- 3. Constrained Federalism and the Limits of Urban Decentralization: Explaining India’s Urban Governance Deficit through Intergovernmental Political Economy
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- Prakash Chittoor and Naveen Kolloju India’s urban governance reveals a central paradox of federalism: despite constitutional decentralization under the 74th Amendment, Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) ...
- Created on 05 June 2026
- 4. Symbolic Federalism and Real Exclusion: Post-Statehood Governance in Telangana and the Limits of Subnational Transformation
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- Raju Chaketi, Swati Nupur Tigga and Naveen Kolloju The formation of Telangana in 2014 was widely celebrated as a landmark moment in the evolution of Indian federalism and as a decisive response ...
- Created on 20 April 2026
- 5. In search of the identity of the Brazilian constitutional order: a dormant issue on this side of the Atlantic
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- Luiz Guilherme Arcaro Conci This article aims to construct a workable concept of “constitutional identity” applicable to contemporary Brazilian constitutionalism, a topic largely dormant in the ...
- Created on 27 March 2026
- 6. Towards a next generation of joint borrowing in Europe
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- Ettore Dorrucci and Stefano Rossi Europe’s experience with the issuance of supranational debt backed by national sovereigns has spanned over seven decades by now. Despite differing aims and designs, ...
- Created on 02 February 2026
- 7. From History to Identity: The Dynamics of Identitarian Constitutionalism in Russia
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- Fedor Arkhipov This article explores constitutional identity in contemporary Russia, emphasizing the interplay of historical memory, internal ethnic and cultural diversity, and international influence ...
- Created on 26 January 2026
- 8. US Federalism and the North-South Conflict: From Bicommunalism to Centralization
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- Karl Kössler This article seeks to explore to what extent and how the North-South conflict in the United States and attempts at its resolution have interacted with the evolution of American federalism. ...
- Created on 08 January 2026
- 9. A Comparative Review of the Federal Security Models in Nigeria and the United States of America
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- Akapoti-Ajibola Sunday James, Azeez Olaniyan and Iseolorunkanmi Joseph Federalism is a system of government that shares power among different levels of government. Two dominant security models in ...
- Created on 16 December 2025
- 10. Responsibility without Power: Federalism and the Dilemma of Internal Security Management in Nigeria
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- ... sector reform that ensures the constitutional entrenchment of local security mechanisms for the component units—States and Local Governments—to enhance effective security governance. Download pdf ...
- Created on 28 November 2025
- 11. Cities challenging federalism: how subsidiarity can help
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- Chiara Salati This paper explores the challenge that cities pose to federalism. Cities are increasingly emerging as sites not only of institutional pluralism, but also of social pluralism where ...
- Created on 26 November 2025
- 12. The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Gender-Based Violence
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- Mariam Balavadze In the modern era, the development of technology is an irreversible process. Humanity has reached a stage where artificial intelligence can perform tasks that were once possible ...
- Created on 26 September 2025
- 13. Decentralization in Italy and Greece: a diverging trajectory
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- Yannis Radin Italy and Greece are two Mediterranean countries that are often paralleled in public policy and discourse because of their strong party patronage systems, perceived bureaucracy, Napoleonic ...
- Created on 26 August 2025
- 14. Washington D.C. as a global center of power projection and its relevance for the interaction of State(s) and religion(s)
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- Pasquale Annicchino This contribution explores Washington D.C.’s unique role as a global epicenter in the production and dissemination of legal ideas, particularly in the context of U.S. power projection ...
- Created on 08 July 2025
- 15. London: The Past, Present, and Future of the Seat of Constitutional Monarchy
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- Oliver Garner London is the capital city of the United Kingdom. This unitary state is composed of four constituent nations under the ‘devolution’ arrangements, that may be regarded as ‘asymmetric ...
- Created on 08 July 2025
- 16. Paris: Epitome or Blind Spot of the Constitutional Identity of France?
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- Giacomo Delledonne This short piece aims to make sense of the place of Paris within the French constitutional order and to analyse the role of the capital city in defining the constitutional identity ...
- Created on 27 June 2025
- 17. Rome as a Determinant of the National Constitutional Identity
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- Ylenia Maria Citino This paper explores the evolution of the constitutional status of Rome within Italy’s legal and political framework, arguing that the city’s symbolic and functional significance ...
- Created on 26 June 2025
- 18. Common Constitutional Patterns of Capital Cities in Europe
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- Giovanni Boggero This paper examines the dual role of European capital cities as both symbols of national sovereignty and autonomous local government units. Despite their increasing prominence in ...
- Created on 26 June 2025
- 19. Introduction to the Symposium on “Capital Cities Shaping National Constitutional Identities”
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- Ylenia Maria Citino and Giacomo Delledonne "The city does not tell its past, but contains it like the lines of a hand, written in the corners of the streets, the gratings of the windows, the banisters ...
- Created on 25 June 2025
- 20. Troubled Legacies: The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 and the Thin Line Between Impunity and Reconciliation
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- Lidia Bonifati On 18 September 2023, the UK Parliament adopted the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 to address the legacy of the Northern Ireland conflict and promote ...
- Created on 18 June 2025




