ISSN: 2036-5438
- 1. How Multilevel Governance Structures and Crisis Mitigating Measures Impact Political Trust: a Systematic Literature Review
- (Essay)
- ... responding to the pandemic have become increasingly interconnected into multilevel governance structures. Also, studies have shown that political trust is seen as an important precondition for the functioning ...
- Created on 11 June 2024
- 2. 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
- 3. London: The Past, Present, and Future of the Seat of Constitutional Monarchy
- (Essay)
- ... federalism’. This unorthodox constitutional structure results from the centuries of development from separate feudal autocracies, through imperial expansion, and into a modern constitutional monarchy. ...
- Created on 08 July 2025
- 4. Common Constitutional Patterns of Capital Cities in Europe
- (Essay)
- ... economic and environmental spheres, capitals remain deeply embedded in their states’ administrative structures, balancing their functions as political and cultural hubs with local self-government. The ...
- Created on 26 June 2025
- 5. The European Union as a Form of ‘Functional Federalism’
- (Essay)
- Giuseppe Martinico In this contribution, I shall explore the concept of ‘functional federalism’ as developed by Peter Hay in his book Federalism and Supranational Organizations: Patterns for New ...
- Created on 29 July 2024
- 6. EU law and inter se agreements in defence matters: Mapping the interplay
- (Essay)
- ... measures adopted in the CSDP framework. The paper maps the relevant practice, with a focus on command and control structures, and examines the relationship between these forms of cooperation and EU law. ...
- Created on 30 May 2023
- 7. Next Generation Africa: Economic impact and mutual benefits from a strategic EU-Africa partnership
- (Essay)
- ... on the financing needs of the African continent’s basic infrastructure. Other long-term dimensions of a strategic partnership with Africa are also discussed. The paper strongly confirms the need and opportunity, ...
- Created on 04 November 2022
- 8. Federalism, political culture and the Question of Remaking Nigeria
- (Essay)
- The practice of federalism in Nigeria had undergone different stages of structuring to resolve salient political issues. However, despite each change to the structure, the clamour for further change ...
- Created on 18 November 2021
- 9. Subnational Courts of Last Resort in Germany and the USA
- (Essay)
- ... underscore plurality and diversity and thus inject federal ideas into the two systems. Federalism is, hence, not only an overall structure that shapes the judicial system but an intrisic part of ...
- Created on 28 September 2021