Why (the Research on) Federalism Matters
In: Federal governance: FG ; an graduate journal of theory and politics, Band 15, Heft 1, S. 1-2
ISSN: 1923-6158
Research on federalism existed even before the first federal state emerged. It is an epic tale about leagues and unions, covenants and constitutions, loyalty and subsidiarity. But federalism is also about peace-making, vertical separation of powers, compound democracy, multi-layered governance and minority protection. It is not by chance, therefore, that almost all federal states are liberal democracies. Although a plethora of academic literature has been written on federalism, including many classical works of leading academics in the fields of constitutional law and social sciences, the research has never been exhaustive...