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FEDERALISM, FEDERAL POLITICAL SYSTEMS, AND FEDERATIONS [PDF]

open access: yesAnnual Review of Political Science, 1998
▪ Abstract  Political events in various parts of the world during the past decade have attracted new attention to the strengths and weaknesses of federal solutions as a means of resolving political problems. Conceptual distinctions have been drawn between “federalism” as a normative term, “federal political systems” as a descriptive term referring to a
openaire   +1 more source

Beyond Second Chambers: Alternative Representation of Territorial Interests and Their Reasons

open access: yesPerspectives on Federalism, 2018
The paper contends that bicameral systems, irrespective of their differences in composition and powers, are unfit to represent territorial interests in the national decisionmaking process, except in some residual cases.
Palermo Francesco
doaj   +1 more source

Federalizzazione dell’Italia: the transition of Italian political system through the lenses of constructivist institutionalism [PDF]

open access: yesPrzegląd Europejski, 2023
Italy is a state, standing at the crossroads of federalisation. This article traces the ideational and practical application of the federalisation process in Italy, from the lenses of the constructivist institutional theory by Colin Hay and with the ...
Yunis Mir
doaj   +1 more source

Prospects of the Russian Federalism Development

open access: yesУправленческое консультирование, 2019
In the article, the analysis of the Russian federalism is carried out, problems and the prospects of development are defined. Development of federalism in Russia defines development of economic, political and social spheres of each region, ensures the ...
M. Sh. Kovaleva
doaj   +1 more source

Navigating fiscal federalism reforms: the unsuccessful cases of Italy and Spain

open access: yesGestión y Análisis de Políticas Públicas
Objectives: This paper investigates different reforms of fiscal federalism in Italy and Spain, to assess their successful or unsuccessful nature by using a comparative framework across four dimensions: programmatic success, process success, endurance ...
Alice Valdesalici   +1 more
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Insolvency‐related foreign judgements in Nigeria: Contextualising English legal influence and comparative analysis of the UNCITRAL regime

open access: yesInternational Insolvency Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) has produced the most robust international insolvency regime applicable to countries around the world. The Model Law on Cross‐Border Insolvency (1997) is widely accepted and already very popular among African countries.
Pontian N. Okoli
wiley   +1 more source

Federalism at the Crossorads: Old Meanings, New Significance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Federalism has remained a contested concept. The constitutional certainties of the modern federal state are under attack from confederal practices of negotiated agreement. Such practices have their traditional roots in the political theories of Althusius
Hueglin, Thomas O.
core   +1 more source

Membership‐Making in Diverse Societies: Revisiting the Idea of Society as a Common Possession

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The traditional aim of Western social democracy has been to create a society that is a ‘common possession’ of its members (in T.H. Marshall's words). Social democratic politics has therefore been both society‐making and membership‐making, orienting people to a shared society as an object of attachment and loyalty, and nurturing membership ...
Will Kymlicka
wiley   +1 more source

The Second-Generation Theory of Fiscal Federalism: A Critical Evaluation

open access: yesPerspectives on Federalism, 2018
This paper evaluates the second-generation theory (SGT) of fiscal federalism. It spells out the main arguments of the theory and discusses the fiscal architecture of Nigerian federalism with a view to using the case study to work out the strengths and ...
Ejobowah John Boye
doaj   +1 more source

THE HISTORICAL LEGAL EXPERIENCE OF THE DESIGN OF FEDERALISM FOR EXAMPLE RUSSIA AND GERMANY [PDF]

open access: yesСеверо-Кавказский юридический вестник, 2019
The article examines the history of federalism, its historical experience, as well as the study of the concept of the principle of Federal priority on the example of the Russian Federation and the Federal Republic of Germany.
Новикова Анастасия Анатольевна   +1 more
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