Comparative Federalism: A Systematic Inquiry, Second Edition is a uniquely
comprehensive, analytic, and genuinely comparative introduction to the principles and …

How federalism can be used to provide recognition and accommodate ethnic groups is an
important topic, not only in Africa, but in multi-ethnic communities around the world …

This chapter argues that the nation-state became the primary form of political organization
from about the end of the 18th century and that it reached its culmination in the form of the …

Intergovernmental agreements are an important instrument in federal systems, establishing
new social programs, regulating agricultural practices, and even changing constitutions …

This article examines the quiet yet pervasive transfer of power from central governments to
subnational units in Africa since the early 1990s. Central governments have justified this …

Every nation—indeed, every institution that has a more or less continuous life over a
reasonably sustained period—has a constitution, understood to be a way of organizing the …

Since the advent of democracy in 1994, South Africa has undergone an extensive process of
state reform aimed at overcoming the legacy of Apartheid and at building a more egalitarian …

Emergency powers pose a serious challenge to one key objective of modern
constitutionalismlimiting state power. How, if at all, can a legal order respond to an …

Relationships between federalism and democracy can be examined empirically and
theoretically; that is: how democratic are federal systems compared to other political …

This article proposes a theoretical framework to explain the negotiated federal outcomes in
countries undergoing regime change and investigates its applicability to a diverse set of …