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Regional & Federal Studies
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Peer-reviewed journal on federalism & territorial politics across the world.
1.7 (2023) Impact Factor; 1.8 (2023) 5 year IF; 3.8 (2022) Citescore (Scopus)
🚨𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨
🌱 No #green country for centralist parties? How parties’ territorial positions influence the 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀
🇪🇸 Read the new article by Pablo Sallabera, Laura Cabeza Pérez and Braulio Gómez here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#environment #party #politics #Spain
No green country for centralist parties? How parties’ territorial positions influence the salience of environmental issues
Recent research suggests that parties’ positions on the territorial dimension may shape their environmental agendas, yet empirical evidence remains limited to a small number of cases. In this artic...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
​​⏪𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦…
🇨🇴M.A. Collazos-Ortiz, P. Wong and D.A. Londoño Bedoya investigated why some 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 receive more #fiscalresources.
💰Was there an 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 after the policy change of 2012 in #Colombia?
🔓 #openaccess article here 👉https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2025.2520972
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
💭 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴!
🇳🇬 You can find the blog post by @kachimaglobal.bsky.social here 👉 www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/blog/2025/ni...
Nigeria is drifting towards federal autocracy as power concentrates across every tier of government | Centre on Constitutional Change
Centre on Constitutional Change
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November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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New blog!

For our series by @regfedst.bsky.social, Onyedikachi Madueke writes that Nigeria is drifting towards federal autocracy as power concentrates across every tier of government.

Read more: edin.ac/4oTR92h
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
🚨𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨
🇮🇳 Asymmetric effect of 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 on public investment and growth: the Indian experience

Read the new article by Steffy Antony and P. S. Renjith here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#India #fiscal #growth #investment
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November 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🚨𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨
🇪🇸 Beyond exit threats: the 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘀 in Spain's decentralized territorial system
Read the new article by @anddreupm.bsky.social @msanjaume.bsky.social and @marinampuig.bsky.social here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#Spain #power #decentralization
Beyond exit threats: the politics of vertical power transfers in Spain's decentralized territorial system
This article investigates the politics of vertical power transfers in Spain's decentralized territorial system using a dataset of transfers of powers granted between 1978 and 2022. The analysis cha...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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🎉Excited to share our new @regfedst.bsky.social on vertical power transfers in Spain with my co-authors @msanjaume.bsky.social and @marinampuig.bsky.social

We find economic dependence, more than political distinctiveness, drives power transfers from the centre
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Beyond exit threats: the politics of vertical power transfers in Spain's decentralized territorial system
This article investigates the politics of vertical power transfers in Spain's decentralized territorial system using a dataset of transfers of powers granted between 1978 and 2022. The analysis cha...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
📌𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁! 📌
🇪🇸 Why do citizens in #Spain ’s richer regions often oppose #fiscal 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?
Read the article by @santiagolagop.bsky.social , María Cadaval-Sampedro, Ana Herrero-Alcalde and Xoaquín Fernández-Leiceaga here 👉https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2025.2551599
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦…
🇪🇹 N. Afesha and H.R. Barrett explored how 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 are governed and practiced in the 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
🤝 Will the institutionalization of 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗚𝗥 be successful?
Read the article here👉https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2025.2519918

#IGR #Ethiopia #federalism
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
🚨𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨
🇮🇳 Identity superimposition model: 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 and its mechanism and process
Read the new article by Dingkun Lei and Huming Li here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#India #identity #politics #state
Identity superimposition model: internal secession in India and its mechanism and process
The question of statehood has persistently shaped the discourse on political evolution in post-independence India. Since the turn of the millennium, the formation of new states such as Uttarakhand,...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦…
🇮🇶 Filip Sommer investigated the post-2017 development of territorial #governance in #𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗾 's 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 of northern Diyala and Kirkuk.
🇮🇷🇹🇷 How do #Iran and #Turkey use 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀-𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 to support local allies on the ground?
Read it here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🚨𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨
🇳🇬 Federated autocracy and the illusion of multiparty democracy in Nigeria: 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺 in perspective
🔓 Read the new #openaccess article by Onyedikachi Madueke here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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We are delighted to support the publication of a new blog series by @regfedst.bsky.social, identifying and analysing emerging issues in the study of federalism, regionalism, and multi-level governance.

The first blog in the series is live here: edin.ac/43V8AH0
💭 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴!
You can find the blog post by Philip Toney here 👉 www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/blog/2025/ri...
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨
🇵🇷🇨🇦 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 and the transformation of 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀: the cases of Puerto Rico and Québec

Read the new article by @drvalvez.bsky.social & André Lecours here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#politics #nationalism #Québec #PuertoRico
Nationalism and the transformation of party systems: the cases of Puerto Rico and Québec
Why do new political parties develop and become successful to the point of altering party systems in internal national communities where politics is most often structured by questions of self-deter...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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New article out in Regional and Federal Studies with @julitudo.bsky.social. We analyze the rise of Aliança Catalana, comparing its manifesto and voters with those of Vox.

🇪🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 “Aliança Catalana and Vox in Catalonia: united in nativism, divided by the nation”
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
November 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
💭 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴!
You can find the blog post by Philip Toney here 👉 www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/blog/2025/ri...
November 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨
🇪🇸 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗮 and 𝗩𝗼𝘅 in Catalonia: united in nativism, divided by the nation
🔓Read the new #openaccess article by @javiermcanto.bsky.social & @julitudo.bsky.social here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#Radicalright #Catalonia #Vox #AliançaCatalana #nationalism
Aliança Catalana and Vox in Catalonia: united in nativism, divided by the nation
Radical right nativist parties have gained ground across Europe in recent decades. However, a key unanswered question is how these parties adapt in contexts marked by the centre–periphery cleavage ...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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📣 New article 🌟
👥 Javier Martínez-Cantó @javiermcanto.bsky.social & Julià Tudó-Cisquella @julitudo.bsky.social
👉 Aliança Catalana and Vox in Catalonia: united in nativism, divided by the nation
📗 Open Access in: Regional & Federal Studies
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
November 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🚨𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲🚨
🛒 Sticking to the script: 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 and the 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝗼𝗳-𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 in plurinational states
🔓Read the new #openaccess article by Judith Sijstermans, @paulanderson88.bsky.social & Coree Brown Swan 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#nationalism #Spain #UK #Belgium
Sticking to the script: nationalist contestation and the cost-of-living crisis in plurinational states
In the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, the growth of the transnational cost-of-living crisis provided an impetus for state and substate nationalist cooperation but has also created a window of ...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
📌𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁! 📌
🇧🇪 Is #regionalization a self-reinforcing driver of public opinion?
🗣️ Ann-Mireille Sautter explores differences in sense-making across different generations of 𝗗𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗵-𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀 in #Belgium.
Read the article here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#publicopinion
November 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦…
🇪🇸 Carmen Marín-González & Diego Martínez-López examined the objectives that guided the #fiscalpolicy of Spanish regions between 2013 and 2023.
💰 What was preferred between stabilization and debt sustainability?
Read the article here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#Spain #regions #debt
October 31, 2025 at 9:52 AM
📌𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁! 📌
🇨🇲 How does 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 with Francophones influence Anglophone 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 in Cameroon?

Read the article by Elvis Nshom here 👉https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2025.2552372

#Cameroon #federalism #indipendence
October 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
📢 Great news: we have launched 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹'𝘀 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴!
If you are interested in #regionalism and #federalism, take a look at the first article and find out how you can contribute:
www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/blog/2025/sh...
Shaping the Debate: Launching the Regional & Federal Studies Blog | Centre on Constitutional Change
Centre on Constitutional Change
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October 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦…
🌍 T. Adino & D. Abebe examined the evolution of the institutional frameworks of regional cooperation and integration in the 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮
✍️ What are the main factors that have motivated 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺?
Read the article here👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#regionalism #IGAD #HornofAfrica
October 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM
🚨𝗡𝗲𝘄 #𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲🚨
🇪🇺Exploring the salience of 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in Europe’s regions. A comparison of attitudes of regional MPs and citizens

🔓New article by E. Donat & S. Lenhart here 👉
doi.org/10.1080/1359...

@fernunihagen.bsky.social
@unikrems.bsky.social

#Europe #UE
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October 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM