The world's sub-national, island (or mainly island) jurisdictions constitute a timely, valid, and
valuable category of political and economic analysis. On the basis of a global, largely …

Examining subnational island jurisdictions such as Guantánamo Bay, Macau, Aruba, the Isle
of Man, and Prince Edward Island, Godfrey Baldacchino shows how these distinct locales …

In recent years, decentralization has become a prominent tool for conflict resolution. Since
the end of the Cold War, the nature of conflict appears to have changed, as evidenced by the …

Ethiopia is the most prominent example of the late 20th-century adoption of federalism to
accommodate diversity and complete state-building. This article explores the …

This article discusses comparative federalism. It first considers the changing global
environment that favors federalism, and then discusses more familiar structures of country …

Since 1993, Belgium is officially a federal state, composed of three communities and three
regions, as the first—new at the time—article of the Constitution proclaims. The history of …

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 …

This thesis assesses the implementation of federalism in a developing country by taking
Ethiopia as a case. The thesis took the notion that in federations like Ethiopia, marked by …

Taking document analysis as its method, this paper examines the Tibetans' response to the
Chinese state nationalism. Due to the fear of political secession, the Chinese government …