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Small Polity, Hybrid Administration, International Research: Public Administration in Switzerland

Public Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Switzerland presents a most peculiar political system whose institutional idiosyncrasies shape not only the practice of public administration but also the scientific study thereof. This country study presents the development and state of both public administration as practice and Public Administration as a scholarly discipline.
Fritz Sager, Adrian Ritz, Johanna Hornung   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perspectives on Federalism: Why a new Journal?

, 2009
In launching a new journal we feel the need to explain the reasons why the Centre for Studies on Federalism takes this initiative, characterised by a range of specific features. Several interesting scientific journals in English devoted to federalism are
CASTALDI, ROBERTO, U. Morelli
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Public Administration and the Crisis of American Democracy

Public Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The field of public administration stands amid genuine crisis. Americans don't trust government or its administrators. Elected officials have attacked the career service as agents of the “deep state” and, though it might be hard to admit, many of public administration's critics have a point.
Donald F. Kettl
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding federalism

, 2019
Many federalists argue that in order for Myanmar to have a functioning federal system, major constitutional changes are required, which would allow States and Regions to self-govern, and take part in the decisions of the central government institutions ...
Heinemann-Gruder, A., Keil, S.
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When insurers retreat: The governance of wildfire disasters and how FAIR plans allocate climate risk

Risk Management and Insurance Review, EarlyView.
Abstract As wildfire risk accelerates private insurer retreat, state‐governed FAIR Plans increasingly serve as the primary coverage available in hazard‐prone areas. This paper analyzes these residual markets as instruments of disaster governance, arguing that their design reflects distributive political choices regarding risk allocation.
Katarzyna Klasa
wiley   +1 more source

New Constitution, New Europe: What About (Fiscal) Federalism? [PDF]

More than fifty years after the Schuman Declaration, Europe is still far from a real Political Union. In fact, Europe faces an important imbalance between the two sides of the integration process, appearing as an important actor in the international ...
Rui Henrique Alves
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Gukurahundism, Constitutionality and Ethnonationalist Language Policy Contestations: An Ideological Critique of Mediated Discourses About Mother Tongue Instruction in Zimbabwe

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines mediated discourses on the state of implementation of language in education policy using a critical incident as a reference. Employing Thompson's modes of ideology, we perform an ideological critique of purposively sampled cross‐media discourses spawned by the failed attempt of a Zimbabwean government deputy minister to ...
Khulekani Ndlovu, Busani Maseko, Liqhwa Siziba   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Concept Paper A Federalism Campaign: Unity through Federalism Version 2, 23 March 2009

, 2009
Exhibit #01, CLA Final Report. The object of the Iraqi Federalism Campaign is dual: over the coming electoral period, to engage Iraqi leaders, political actors, and Iraqi society at large in an outcome-driven, institution- and capacity-building, federal ...
Chodosh, Hiram; Mallat, Chibli
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Malaysian Federalism: Islam, State Jurisdiction, and Criminal Law

This chapter examines how Malaysia's federal distribution of powers shapes the relationship between secular and religious law. While criminal law falls under exclusive federal jurisdiction, the regulation of religion is a matter for the states.
Neoh, Joshua, Aroney, Nicholas
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Beyond Groups? Consociational Culture and the Representation of Cross‐Segmental Interests

Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract In deeply divided societies, consociational power‐sharing ensures representation for ethnonational groups but raises questions about cross‐segmental interests. This paper explores “consociational culture,” arguing that consociational systems create a form of political culture which incentivises the use of group‐based categories and identities ...
Patrizia John
wiley   +1 more source