Proper relationship between national and subnational governments in a federal system should be a case of give-and-take between the two levels in a context of free negotiation between the two tiers The ...

Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and human rights advocate, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has said that the 2027 presidential election will be determined by the candidate who ...

Pakistan’s federal fiscal system faces acute challenges as it negotiates the distribution of resources between the centre and provinces. On August 22, President Asif Ali Zardari constituted the 11th ...

A Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Professor Emmanuel Ojo, has said that what Nigeria urgently needs is a non-centralised federal system that empowers state ...

Richard Nixon in the Oval Office in 1972. He believed in a federal government whose job was to provide financial help to states and localities — and then to get out of the way. (Richard Nixon ...

Last week, the world’s most globe-spanning empire until the mid-20th century let its fate be decided by 3.6 million voters in Scotland. While Great Britain narrowly salvaged its nominal unity, the ...

As 1994 came to a close, the future of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the continued role of the federal government in low-income housing assistance was highly uncertain ...

We don’t yet have all of the results of the just-completed British election. But it is already clear that the right of center Conservative Party has done much better than expected, and will almost ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This article analyzes the impact of restructuring processes on the organizational structure and lobbying strategies of women's movement ...

It is not the incumbent central government that should determine unilaterally which power to transfer to regions or states. Today’s piece first appeared in April 2014. It is being republished today ...