Why have referendums on European integration proliferated since the 1970s? How are
referendums accommodated within member states' constitutional orders and with what …

This article addresses the absence of a federal equalisation programme in the United
States, which is a significant aspect of “American exceptionalism”. Comparing the United …

Popular and scientific contributions often call for increased regional decision-making power
to manage secessionist conflict, assuming that fiscally federalized countries are less prone …

Tensions of American Federal Democracy uses an original analytical framework combined
with comparative perspectives–including those of other modern federal democracies–to …

It has been assumed that a trend toward devolution within a federal country would be
associated with a growing apart of public opinion, and the federal kingdom of Belgium is …

The Soviet Union is often characterised as nominally a federation, but really an empire,
liable to break up when individual federal units, which were allegedly really subordinate …

Comparative studies on the organization of the welfare state in federal systems have
referred to Belgium as a model for future federalism, because of its devolutionary nature. In …

This comprehensive research companion examines the theory, practice and historical
development of the principle of federalism from the ancient period to the contemporary …

This article argues that the secession right is incompatible with federalism. The right of
secession is one of the main criteria to differentiate a federal state from a confederation and …

In Belgium, federalism provides a structure in which consociationalism is able to persist by
committing citizens to their respective language groups. This chapter explains how it is …