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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)
​​⏪ 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
💭 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
📌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
​​⏪ 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
​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦…
🇳🇱 🇮🇹 Wouter Veenendaal investigated the democratic consequences of decentralization in the 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 and 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘆.
🏢 To what extent have the its 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 materialized?
🔓Read the #openaccess article here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#decentralization #Italy #Netherlands
October 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🇪🇹How can 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗮 learn from other federations to regulate power delegation in 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲?
📌 Find out in the article by Habtamu Sitotaw Semahagne and Brightman Gebremichael Ganta here 👉https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2025.2545189
#Land #governance #Ethiopia #India #USA
October 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
​​⏪𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦…
🇧🇪Dieter Stiers & @marchooghe.bsky.social discuss whether it is (still) right to label regional elections as 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱-𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 in 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝘂𝗺.
🗳️Are regional elections second-order or not for Belgian voters?
Read the article here👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#elections #Belgium #voting #regions
October 17, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🆓 📣 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲!
Two articles in free access 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝟯𝟭 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿.

🟢 by Nigussie Afesha & Hazel Rose Barrett on statehood in Ethiopia 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

🟢 by Paul Carmichael & Colin Knox on devolution and local government in Northern Ireland 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
October 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦…
🇳🇬 O.O. Elemo-Kaka analyzed the attitudes of the 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲 towards 𝘁𝗮𝘅 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮.
💰 Why and how did political elites in 𝗟𝗮𝗴𝗼𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 decide to pursue tax payments?
🔓 Read the #openaccess article here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#Lagos #Nigeria #tax #elite
October 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦…
🌱🇪🇺 Marie-Thérèse Wilhelm investigated the likelihood of 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗨 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀.
What effect do 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 have on compliance?
Read the article here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#environment #subnational #EU
October 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
📌𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁! 📌
How do career patterns in multi-level political systems work?
📰 Take a look at our latest 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 “𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶-𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀”
👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/frfs20/3...

#poltics #career #pakistan #argentina #russia #spain #nigeria
October 6, 2025 at 9:59 AM
​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦…
🇮🇹 @gmripamonti.bsky.social examined 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀' behaviour in intergovernmental relations during the pandemic.
In which situations were regions 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, and in which 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹?

Read the article here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#Italy #regions #crisis
October 1, 2025 at 8:21 AM
🇲🇽 🗳️ Do subnational governments' responses to crises affect 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝗿?
📌 Find out in the article by @caroline-beer.bsky.social and Alejandra Armesto on the 𝗠𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 here 👉https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2025.2533761

#Mexico #voting #elections #federalism
September 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦…
🇪🇺🇩🇪 @romyha.bsky.social investigated the 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 in the German Baden-Württemberg.
What are the reasons behind organisations’ 𝗻𝗼𝗻-𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗨 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀?

🔓Read the #openaccess article here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#EU #cohesion #policy
September 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
🇩🇪❓ How do citizens 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺?
📌🔓 Find out in the #openaccess article by Eva-Maria Trüdinger, Achim Hildebrandt, Simon Stocker, @ajazajilirjana.bsky.social and @pbundi.bsky.social here 👉https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2025.2533759

#Germany #federalism #citizens #politics
September 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦…
🇹🇷 Jörg Baudner explored the link between 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗹𝘀 and the different institutional forms of 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, using #𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘆 as a case study.

🔓Read the #openaccess article here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#AKP #decentralization
September 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
🇨🇴 What is the impact of 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 on 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in Colombia?
📌🔓 Find out in the #openaccess article by Maria Antonieta Collazos-Ortiz, Pui-Hang Wong and David Andrés Londoño Bedoya here 👉https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2025.2520972
September 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🇵🇰 What are the 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 like in 𝗣𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻?
📌 Find out in the article by M.Mufti & @sameen-mohsin.bsky.social 👉https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2025.2471749

It's part of our latest 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 👉https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/frfs20/35/3?nav=tocList

#Pakistan #politics #career
September 8, 2025 at 8:17 AM
​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦…
🇸🇪 D. Feltenius and J. Wilde investigated the process behind 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻 between the central government and the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR).
🔓 #openaccess article here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#regions #sweden #healthcare
August 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🇷🇺 What are the patterns of 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 in 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮?
📌🔓 Find out in the #openaccess article by Elena Semenova here 👉https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2022.2155811

It's part of our latest 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 👉https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/frfs20/35/3?nav=tocList

#Russia #politics #career
August 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM
📰𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲!
Take a look to the new Issue of Regional & Federal Studies, Volume 35, Issue 4 (2025) 👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/frfs20/3...
August 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
🇳🇬What are the patterns of 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 in 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮?
📌Find out in the article by Elena Semenova & Nkwachukwu Orji here 👉https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2024.2319730
It is part of our latest 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 👉https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/frfs20/35/3?nav=tocList
#Nigeria #politics #career
August 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🇷🇺 What is the the role of 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 of local elites in power dynamics in 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮’s authoritarian federalist system?
🔓📌Find out in the #openaccess article by Olga Masyutina here 👉https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2025.2520977

#Russia #corruption #elites
August 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM