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Nationalism and Federalism in Nigeria
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Fiscal federalism and decentralization in Mongolia
Fiscal federalism has been an important topic among public finance theorists in the last four decades. There is a series of arguments that decentralization of governments enhances growth by improving allocation efficiency. However, the empirical studies have shown mixed results for industrialized …
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Dual Federalism from 1918 to 1936
… is the question presented by the theory of "dual federalism," For the theory assumes that there lies in the Tenth Amendment, or in the powers reserved to the states, some inherent limitation upon the above-mentioned "supremacy" clause of the original Constitution. The term "dual federalism" is …
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Local Fiscal Sustainability within American Federalism
… choice behavior in the context of the fiscal federalism framework. The goal is to identify the ideal mix of constitutional fiscal rules to preserve local fiscal sustainability. Not only should the rules aim to minimize local adverse fiscal behavior pre-crisis, which may include excessive …
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Passing the buck: federalism and Canadian environmental policy
… is used to explore the relationship between federalism and public policy more generally. It is accepted wisdom that governments seek both to claim credit and avoid blame. However, to date, students of Canadian federalism have been much more attentive to the dynamics of intergovernmental …
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Essays on Federalism and Local Finance in China
… consists of three chapters that cover topics on federalism and local finance in China.</p> <p>Chapter 1 - Economic Growth, Fiscal Inequality and Fiscal Decentralization: Evidence from China.</p> <p>This paper investigates the impact of inequality in the geographic distribution of fiscal resources …
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Federalism & post-conflict statebuilding: The case of Somalia
The use of federalism as an integral component in post-conflict statebuilding processes is becoming increasingly common (e.g. Iraq, Yemen & Sri Lanka). The current academic literature, however, is divided between those that argue that federalism in such fragile environments will increase the …
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Economic and Monetary Union: An Unexplored Case of Federalism
This dissertation is intended to shows how federalism can be a useful theoretical tool to conceptualize the overall evolution of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) from its inception to the current attempts (as of April 2014) to tackle the financial crisis that has affected the Eurozone since 2010. …
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Geopolitics, Borders, and Federalism: Challenges for Post-War Iraq
<p>The fall of the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I enabled the victorious Western powers to implement the Sykes-Picot Treaty and reshape the geopolitical structure of the Middle East. The imposition of arbitrary borders on the Middle East region, specifically the state of Iraq, would lead …
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Tocqueville the nationalist : reassessing federalism in Democracy in America
… Alexis de Tocqueville as a great proponent of federalism. However, Tocqueville’s account of federalism in Democracy in America is complicated and multifaceted. He discusses the advantages of administrative decentralization, as well as the advantages of governmental centralization. Moreover, his …
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The politics of sovereignty : federalism in American political development
The development of American federalism is a story of contested sovereignty, and those contests are fundamentally shaped by the evolving structures, relationships, and understandings of the constitutional order. This dissertation seeks to show how the American federal system is both cause and effect …
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State-Centered Federalism: Subnational Autonomy and Job Training Policy
It is essential that domestic policy research takes a federal approach and addresses policy contexts to reflect the significant role of subnational actors throughout U.S. history and current domestic policy. Subnational governments influence federal legislation and make decisions that substantially …
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Federalism and resource conflict: Assessing the impact of federalism in curbing conflict over petroleum resource revenues - A case study of Nigeria and Canada
… the institutionalization of federalism in the given country. However, the case of the Nigerian federation suggests the contrary, with conflict over resource revenues getting increasingly strident. It was therefore deemed vital to undertake a comparative case study of the …
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Federalism in South Africa: Origins, operation, and its contemporary (ir)relevance
… a federal state. However, the operation of federalism in South Africa is not clear because the ANC government is anti-federalism, hence, it governs the country as though it were a unitary state. The DA-led Western Cape provincial government has introduced a Provincial Powers Bill that aims …
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Fiscal federalism: the study of federal-state fiscal relations in Malaysia
The subject of fiscal federalism has been associated for many years with economics, in particular with the study of public finance. However, its political dimension is often neglected. This is the case in the conventional study of fiscal federalism in Malaysia, which focuses on the economic …
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Fiscal Federalism, Social Mobility, and Poverty Alleviation: Essays in Political Economy
The third essay on poverty alleviation treats welfare transfers as a public good which eliminates the public bad of poverty. Local governments establish minimum consumption thresholds for the poor, financed by proportional income taxation. Despite the fact that income transfers are negative for a …
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