The ability of federal states to manage the COVID-19 pandemic has created much debate.
Federations differ considerably in the way they have been tackling the crisis, however. To …

The political and fiscal institutions are arguably the most significant factors that determine
the way a society operates. Some countries, such as the USA and Canada, have …

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 …

Jon Pierre and Guy Peters expertly guide the reader through governance–one of the most
widely used terms in political science–and its differing interpretations, with comprehensive …

This article presents the conclusions of the project Why Centralization and Decentralization
in Federations?, which analyzed dynamic de/centralization in Australia, Canada, Germany …

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 …

This article focuses on the development and use of indicators for subnational comparative
policy analysis. Taking migrant integration as an exemplary case, it offers a comprehensive …

This book provides the first-ever in-depth treatment of shared rule, a crucial but so far largely
neglected dimension of federalism and multilevel governance. The book discusses shared …

The high degree of conceptual confusion in the field of territorial self-governance constitutes
a major obstacle to robust findings. Based on a parsimonious definition involving three …

This article provides an in‐depth analysis of fiscal decentralization in Ethiopia from 1994/95
to 2019/20, focusing on five fiscal categories: regional own‐source revenues, regional tax …