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Financial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A long‐standing topic of concern in the literature on governmental auditing is whether the aims of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) or other central audit institutions should include detecting fraudulent use of public money. The balance of opinion has been against this proposition, largely for reasons of infeasibility.
Michael Barzelay, Sérgio N. Seabra
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The Decentralization of Liquor Policies in Texas During the Post‐Prohibition Era
International Economic Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine the decentralization of liquor policies in Texas during the Post‐Prohibition era using newly collected historical legislative roll call data. By combining these data with local referendum vote shares, we analyze both legislators' and constituents' preferences on liquor policy.
Andrew Arnold, Holger Sieg
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Effects of Federalism on Social Policies in a Comparative Perspective: Argentina and Brazil
Brazilian Political Science Review, 2020 This article analyzes the relationship between federative institutions and social policies in the new constitutional order in Argentina and Brazil. It draws on literature and data to describe two characteristics of federalism in both countries and relate
Márcia Miranda Soares +1 more
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International Social Science Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how different policy issues and institutional factors influence the strength of political consensus and polarized voting in the United States (US) Congress between 1991 and 2020. Utilising the Jordan Tama important congressional votes dataset, the analysis investigates the impact of external factors, such as foreign trade ...
Binda Godlove Aka +1 more
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The ‘Geopolitical Commission’: 40 Years in the Making?
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.Abstract In 2019, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised MEPs she would deliver a ‘Geopolitical Commission’ during the five years of her term in office, unbeknown that the COVID‐19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine were around the corner.
Robert Kissack
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Comparative Federalism meets the European Union [PDF]
In the current debate on the future European order, the European Union is often described as an emerging federation. The paper claims that federalism is not only useful in deliberating about the future of the European Union.
Madeleine O. Hosli, Tanja A. Boerzel
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RUSSIAN MODEL OF ETHNIC FEDERALISM
Известия высших учебных заведений. Поволжский регион: Общественные науки, 2020 Background. In the conditions of increasing influence of complex organized states and noticeable erosion of the foundations of unitarianism in the era of changing technological structures and globalizing political turbulence, federalism remains ...
A. Yu. Salomatin, N. V. Makeeva
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‘This Is Not Europe’: Investigating the Commission's Anti‐Populist Articulation of ‘European Values’
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Whilst ‘populism’ is often considered antithetical to ‘European values’, how this contrast shapes the very meaning of such ‘values’ remains underexplored. This article investigates the European Commission's anti‐populist articulation of ‘European values’, which constructs ‘populism’ as their constitutive outside.
Alex Yates
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Fiscal Federalism and Economic Performance: Evidence from Swiss Cantons [PDF]
The advantages and disadvantages of fiscal federalism are widely discussed in economics and political science. While some authors argue that federalism favors individual initiatives and serves as a market preserving device, others emphasize the dangers ...
Christoph A. Schaltegger +2 more
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Federalism in South Asia: a constitutional analysis of India and Pakistan
Cogent Arts & HumanitiesIn South Asia, federalism has significant importance, which is the primary cause of the partition of Indo-Pak. Muslim League and Congress ideologically supported federalism.
Abdul Shakoor Chandio +2 more
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