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Local Power to Tax and Devolution: An Empirical Assessment of the French Constitutional Reform [PDF]

open access: yes
The article explores the content and consequences of the French constitutional reform of March 2003. Among the objectives of that reform, one is to preserve the tax autonomy for the local public sector; another is to ensure that the coming wave of ...
Alain Guenguant, Jean-Michel Josselin
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Illegal Gold Mining in the Brazilian Amazon: Environmental Degradation in Yanomami Indigenous Lands, and Regulatory Failures

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Illegal gold mining has emerged as a major sustainability threat in the Amazon, eroding Indigenous rights, forest integrity, and climate mitigation efforts. This study examines how international market incentives relate to the expansion of illegal mining and associated deforestation within the Yanomami Indigenous Territory (YIT) from 2008 to ...
Shirléia Lago Santos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

O PACTO FEDERATIVO BRASILEIRO E OS LIMITES À REFORMA FISCAL – BRAZILIAN FEDERATIVE PACT AND LIMITS ON TAX REFORM

open access: yesRevista da Seção Judiciária do Rio de Janeiro, 2011
Partindo de uma análise histórica, o presente trabalho busca investigar os limites para a reforma constitucional do federalismo brasileiro. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Pensamento político brasileiro. Federalismo. Reforma constitucional.ABSTRACT:
Tiago Severini
doaj  

Il pendolo del "federalismo all'italiana" e la proposta di riforma costituzionale del governo Renzi [PDF]

open access: yesRevista d'Estudis Autonòmics i Federals, 2015
The paper provides a key to understanding the regulatory and legal affairs of the Italian regionalism with particular reference to the constitutional reform of 2001 and the project of constitutional reform under consideration in Parliament in 2015.
Alessandro Sterpa
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Political engagement, trust and constitutional reform [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
This chapter uses primary data to examine the impact of various constitutional reforms in Britain on levels of political trust and efficacy. The research uses various data techniques to show that the reforms had made little impact.
Seyd, Ben   +2 more
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Constitutional Reform in Europe and Recourse to the People

open access: yes, 2016
The chapters discusses different theories of constitutionalism in the light of civic participation in constitutional reform. In the second part, it discusses a number of constitutional reform processes from the perspective of civic participation (Iceland,
Blokker P
core   +1 more source

The Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change: Rethinking Justice, Responsibility, and Collective Obligation

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change is one of the most profound ethical and existential challenges of the 21st century. Beyond its physical, economic, and environmental consequences, it raises fundamental moral questions about justice, equity, responsibility, and the right to a livable planet.
Jacob Kwakye
wiley   +1 more source

Political reform from a constitutional economics perspective: a hurdle-race. The case of migration politics in Germany [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper approaches the matter of political reform from the perspective of constitutional political economy with particular attention to the case of migration politics in Germany.
Borella, Sara
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Constitutional Constraints and Redistributive Activities

open access: yes, 2001
This paper develops a theoretical argument suggesting that nonproductive activities aimed at influencing the distribution of income might increase when constitutional restrictions against redistribution are imposed or strengthened.
Bornefalk, Anders,
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Beyond Growth: Governance and Education as Drivers of Environmental Health in an EKC‐Based PLS‐SEM Framework

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Isolating environmental issues from their broader social and political context limits understanding of their true drivers. In this sense, factors such as governance and education can be powerful determinants of environmental performance. This research examines the factors influencing the Environmental Health component of the Environmental ...
Zübeyde Çiçek, Özer Arabacı
wiley   +1 more source

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