ISSN: 2036-5438
- 1. Federalism and institutional structure
- (Editorial)
- Giacomo Delledonne As I am writing these lines, institutional developments on both sides of the Atlantic have shown, once again, how complex the interplay of federalism and democracy is. In the ...
- Created on 22 March 2024
- 2. Intellectual Prejudice and Institutional Shortcomings. The Risks for the Next Generation EU
- (Essay)
- Despite the fact that during the pandemic emergency the European Union managed to provide an ambitious and courageous response, in contrast to previous decisions, the intergovernmental method undermines ...
- Created on 04 April 2022
- 3. Rome as a Determinant of the National Constitutional Identity
- (Essay)
- Ylenia Maria Citino This paper explores the evolution of the constitutional status of Rome within Italy’s legal and political framework, arguing that the city’s symbolic and functional significance ...
- Created on 26 June 2025
- 4. Introduction to the Symposium on “Capital Cities Shaping National Constitutional Identities”
- (Essay)
- ... to as “Westphalian constructs” (Boggero in this issue). They do not speak their constitutional role explicitly, but it is imprinted in their spatial order, institutional density, symbolic architecture, ...
- Created on 25 June 2025
- 5. Fiscal Decentralization in Federal Systems: A Comparative Story of a Principle and its Paradigms
- (Essay)
- ... institutional framework and the dynamics of intergovernmental relations within federal systems. It appreciates both the self-rule and shared-rule dimensions, with the latter serving as an architectural ...
- Created on 25 July 2024
- 6. Time for a Next Generation Africa
- (Essay)
- ... and loans, would aim to: trigger endogenous growth in Africa; strengthen African regional integration; and help European recovery. A few, not necessarily mutually exclusive, institutional settings and ...
- Created on 03 November 2022
- 7. Federalism in the 2015 and 2018 Peace Agreements in South Sudan – But What Kind of Federalism?
- (Essay)
- ... as the appropriate institutional response for dealing with the civil war, but rebuffed by those at the helm of the political affairs of Sudan. South Sudan became an independent state following an internationally ...
- Created on 20 June 2022
- 8. The Conference on the Future of Europe and the Reform of the EU
- (Editorial)
- ... or even as an initiative which backfired, having created expectations that may not be fulfilled. Its success or failure depends on the behaviour of citizens and institutional actors within the Conference, ...
- Created on 30 November 2021
- 9. Self-rule vs. Shared Rule: The Design and Evolution of Federal Institutions in Colombia
- (Essay)
- ... configuration had achieved such stability in the century before 1991? This paper shows how, once they lost their representation in the Senate, regional actors had few institutional levers at the national ...
- Created on 19 January 2021