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Regional & Federal Studies
@regfedst.bsky.social
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)
🎆 The end of 2025 is near, and a very fruitful year has been had by our journal.
Below are some suggestions for your reading 👉 www.tandfonline.com/action/showA...
Thank you to all the authors and readers around the world.
We look forward to the new year ahead!
December 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🚨𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨
🇮🇹 Twenty thousand leagues below the Po: 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in the Lega (Nord)
Read the new article by @gippone.bsky.social & Sofia Marini here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#Italy #Lega #party #career
Twenty thousand leagues below the Po: career patterns and party institutionalisation in the Lega (Nord)
Party institutionalisation (PI) is a key concept in research on political parties, indicating organisational and ideological consolidation. In this study, we propose to consider the career patterns...
doi.org
December 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
📌𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁! 📌
🇳🇴 ⚠️ Is there a rural–urban divide in 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀, and if so, is it contextual or compositional?
🔓 Read the #openaccess article by Philip Toney here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#Norway #risk #urban #rural
December 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM
💭 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴!
🇯🇵 You can find the blog post by Andrew Stevens and Naoki Fujiwara here 👉 www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/blog/2025/ja...
December 19, 2025 at 9:54 AM
​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦…
❓🇩🇪 EM Trüdinger, A Hildebrandt, S Stocker, @ajazajilirjana.bsky.social & @pbundi.bsky.social analysed answers to an open-ended 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 question in #Germany.
What do citizens associate with the concept of #federalism?

🔓 #openaccess article here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
December 18, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Japan’s new sub-capital plan: regional revival, disaster insurance or the start of a Tokyo–Osaka mega-region?

Read our new blog with @regfedst.bsky.social by Naoki Fujiwara & Andrew Stevens

Read more: edin.ac/3XXKxnx
December 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
📌𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁! 📌
🇳🇱 Which factors influence 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 in 𝗗𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆?
🔓 Read the #openaccess article by Pieter Zwaan and Wiebren Kuindersma here 👉https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2025.2568658

#multilevel #governance #netherlands #nature
December 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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I’m very happy to learn that my article RETHINKING SHARED RULE AS INTERGOVERNMENTAL LOBBYING has received second place in the BEST ARTICLE PRIZE @regfedst.bsky.social !🙏

I take this recognition as a sign of the potential in bringing together federalism with research on interest groups and lobbying
December 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Our article (with @jfdaoust.bsky.social) was a runner-up for @regfedst.bsky.social’s 2025 Best Article Prize!

Using CES 2000-2021, we show that attitudes toward Quebec sovereignty still structure federal vote choice.

Congrats to Pranav Gupta & Pradeep Chhibber for their winning article!
December 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
🏆 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 🏆
The 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 is “Bureaucratic connections and local development: A study of Palwal district in India” by Pranav Gupta & Pradeep Chhibber.
You can find it in free access here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
December 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
🚨𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨
🇨🇲 Exposure to 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: evidence from Cameroon
Read the new article by Pascaline Njungoh Fozao, Ebenezer Lemven Wirba & Francis Menjo Baye here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#Income #inequality #decentralization #Cameroon
Exposure to decentralization and income inequality: evidence from Cameroon
With a pseudo-panel constructed using the two most recent representative Cameroonian household consumption surveys, we investigate the influence of exposure to decentralization on household income ...
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December 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
📌𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁! 📌
🇱🇧 🇮🇶 Under what conditions are 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿-𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 established, and when are they effective?

🔓 Read the #openaccess article by @allimcculloch.bsky.social Soeren Keil, Eduardo Wassim Aboultaif and Sahar Ammar here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#power #agreement #Lebanon #Iraq
December 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
📌𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁! 📌
🇪🇹 What is the 𝗱𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 in the Ethiopian federation?
🔓 Read the article by Nigussie Daba Heyi here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#Ethiopia #autonomy #federalism
December 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
💭 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴!
🇧🇪🇬🇧🇪🇸 You can find the blog post by Judith Sjistermans, Coree Brown Swan, and Paul Anderson here 👉 www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/blog/2025/ho...
How state and sub-state nationalists subsume crisis into longstanding territorial conflicts | Centre on Constitutional Change
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December 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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New blog!

How state and sub-state nationalists subsume crisis into longstanding territorial conflicts

By @jsijstermans.bsky.social, Coree Brown Swan & @paulanderson88.bsky.social for the CCC & @regfedst.bsky.social

Read more: edin.ac/3M6RGPV
December 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
📌𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁! 📌
🇩🇪 How do 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗯𝘆 at different levels of government influence national legislation in Germany?

🔓 Read the #openaccess article by Florian Spohr, Patrick Bernhagen, Krispin Krüger & Felix Goldberg 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#lobby #multilevel #EU #Germany
December 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
📰𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲!
Take a look at the new Issue of Regional & Federal Studies, Volume 35, Issue 5 (2025) 👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/frfs20/3...
December 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
💭 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴!
🇪🇹 You can find the blog post by Nigussie Daba Heyi here 👉 www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/blog/2025/et...
November 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦…
🇷🇺 O. Masyutina investigated the role of 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 prosecution of local elites in #Russia.
💰 What are the circumstances of 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲-𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 anti #corruption prosecution?
🔓 #openaccess article here 👉https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2025.2520977
November 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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New blog!

For our series by @regfedst.bsky.social, Nigussie Daba Heyi writes that Ethiopia’s regions are de jure autonomous, but de facto power remains centralised

Read more: edin.ac/3M28zev
November 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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🚨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...
doi.org
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