ISSN: 2036-5438
- 1. 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
- 2. New Trends in Comparative Federalism. A Special Issue. Final Remarks
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- Giuseppe Martinico and Matteo Monti In this special issue, we have gathered experts from different legal systems, and critical voices who have explored new trends in comparative federalism from ...
- Created on 01 August 2024
- 3. Mind the Gap Between Federalism and Secession: the Relationship Between Two (In)compatible Concepts
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- ... may occur at various tiers within a federal system. Second, it reviews how federal constitutional orders deal with secession in the different levels. Third, although it accepts that constitutional orders ...
- Created on 31 July 2024
- 4. Federalism and the Unit Question
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- Erika Arban This contribution engages with the unit question in federal systems. The key claim presented here is that we may need to re-think federal units according to different sets of criteria ...
- Created on 29 July 2024
- 5. ‘Spearheaded Asymmetry’ in “Multinational” European Federalising Processes: the Asymmetric Challenges in ‘Regional States’
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- ... minorities are enriched by the aspiration to acquire the highest self-government possible within regional states (as a transitional asymmetry) and, simultaneously, to see their differential status recognised ...
- Created on 24 July 2024
- 6. The Current Challenges to Asymmetric Federalism in India in Comparative Perspective
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- ... Pakistan. The problems of autonomy of Sabah and Sarawak in Malaysia are discussed in comparative terms. This article argues that in multi-ethnic countries, different forms and layered of federal asymmetry ...
- Created on 22 July 2024
- 7. New Trends in Comparative Federalism. A Special Issue. Introduction
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- Giuseppe Martinico and Matteo Monti In this special issue we will address some of the clichés present in the study of comparative federalism. In so doing we shall focus on little-explored federalising ...
- Created on 22 July 2024
- 8. 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
- 9. Marching in line through the crisis or setting one’s own course in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic? A comparison of six policies, 16 states and two shutdowns in the German federation
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- ... These agreements led to uniform regulations in some periods and policies, but still left room for the states’ own (and potentially different) strategies and decisions in others. Thus, from the perspective ...
- Created on 15 December 2022
- 10. Time for a Next Generation Africa
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- ... disequilibria. This paper re-examines the main proposals put forward in the last few months, and suggests that a different direction should be taken, at least in Europe. Given the strategic relevance ...
- Created on 03 November 2022
- 11. Federalism, political culture and the Question of Remaking Nigeria
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- The practice of federalism in Nigeria had undergone different stages of structuring to resolve salient political issues. However, despite each change to the structure, the clamour for further change ...
- Created on 18 November 2021
- 12. Scientific Committee
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- Federalism is a relevant object of study for different academic disciplines such as political science, law, economics, history, political theory and philosophy, sociology, etc. Therefore Perspectives on ...
- Created on 02 July 2021
- 13. Editorial Board
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- ... aims at publishing high quality papers at the forefront of the study of federalism in different disciplinary fields. Interdisciplinary research papers are also very much welcomed. The publication process ...
- Created on 02 July 2021
- 14. About the journal
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- ... to this initiative, and we have provided a simple and immediate way to submit an essay, a review article or a note. Perspectives on Federalism publishes original contributions from different disciplinary ...
- Created on 02 July 2021
- 15. The future of the EU-ACP relations: possible scenarios after the end of the post-Cotonou negotiations
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- ... issues to be solved during the recently concluded negotiating process. The different proposals on the table to revitalise the partnership are particularly important in this paper: whilst the EU is in principle ...
- Created on 21 January 2021