The claims for sovereignty and independence in Quebec, Scotland and Catalonia show that
secession demands are not necessarily heading for disappearance in consolidated liberal …

Federalism is a very familiar form of government. It characterises the first modern constitution-
that of the United States-and has been deployed by constitution-makers to manage large …

A form of power-sharing, territorial autonomy is essential for managing separatism.
Indonesia provides two non-Western cases to illuminate what makes autonomy work. In …

In der vergleichenden Regierungslehre wird die „föderale Demokratie “nicht als
eigenständiger Typus betrachtet. Daher blieb auch das Verhältnis von Föderalismus und …

This book offers a new theory of federalism. The work critically discusses traditional federal
theories and builds on theories that focus on the dynamics of federalism. It offers a definition …

Nations in flux explores the evolution of territorial politics in Catalonia and Scotland since
2010, offering an in-depth, comparative analysis of developments in both cases and drawing …

This book examines the link between constitutional asymmetry and multinationalism and the
effects asymmetry produces on legitimacy and stability in federal and quasi-federal systems …

The tensions between centralization and autonomy inherent in territorial conflicts can give
rise to entrenched positions and stalemate. This Federalism Monitor article describes an …

Are the constitutional orders framed on a federal architecture more welcoming vis‐à‐vis the
presence of minority nations within their midst than are the ones inspired by a unitarian …

There is a growing body of literature on the use of federalism as a tool of conflict resolution
(Brancati 2009; Keil 2012; Watts 2015). In particular, case studies on numerous countries …