Historically, the primary political choices related to the nature of state in Pakistan have been revolving around the questions of federalism, regional autonomy, decentralisation, ownership of natural ...

The health of Indian democracy is well-nigh stitched to the health of the democratisation of the Indian State. And, the democratisation, in turn, is stitched to the expansion of the federalisation ...

Half a century ago, with the intention of hurting the economy, the PPP began burning cane fields to make its political point. Yet today it finds itself in a position where it must chide others for ...

As Nepal decides upon its federal Constitution, India’s contribution to the evolution of federalism makes for an interesting review. Despite its diverse hues, federalism essentially involves the ...

FEDERALISM IS the current buzzword because President-elect Rodrigo Duterte is a staunch proponent of this form of government. The fact that federation is actually a state-building effort is not always ...

Benghazi, Libya – With Libya’s first election in more than four decades looming, a vocal group of people in the east of the country is far less enthusiastic about this democratic milestone than those ...

Sources indicate that, almost two-third of the world population is governed under federal administration. While federalism is a political and administrative system in which two levels of government ...

The most contentious issue among all the proposed changes to the Constitution is the shift from a unitary to a federal form of government. Federalism has been a hotly debated topic in certain circles ...

Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III expressed high hopes that the regional consultations to be conducted by the Consultative Committee (ConCom) would result in a “better understanding” and “greater ...

The tandem of presidential candidate Senator Panfilo Lacson and his running mate Senate President Vicente Sotto III is proposing a budgeting scheme that will mimic a federal form of government without ...

Perhaps because I came to federalism by way of my undergraduate study of US government in the 1960s, when state rights was the cry of every racist bigot in the Southern states of the USA, and in one ...