Publius: The Journal of Federalism

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Volume 55, issue 1, 2025

Security, Cooperation, Governance: The Canada–United States Open Border Paradox, edited by Christian Leuprecht and Todd Hataley pp. e1-e2

Michael Keating

A Note from the Editors pp. 1-2

Paul Nolette and Philip Rocco

Democratic Federalism: The Economics, Politics, and Law of Federal Governance, by Robert P. Inman and Daniel L. Rubinfeld pp. e3-e7

Mikhail Filippov

The Emergence of the Second Amendment Sanctuary Movement: Partisan Federalism, Not White Protectionism pp. 3-29

Alexandra Filindra, Cassidy Reller and Craig Burnett

Experimentalist Constitutions: Subnational Policy Innovations in China, India, and the United States by Yueduan Wang pp. e8-e10

Ken Kollman

Progressive States’ Rights: The Forgotten History of Federalism, by Sean Beienburg pp. e11-e13

Robinson Woodward-Burns

Intergovernmental Relations in the UK: Cooperation and Conflict in a Devolved Unitary State, by Marius Guderjan pp. e14-e17

Simon Toubeau

Comparing Regional and National Climate Policy Preferences: An Analysis of Political Parties in the Basque Country and Catalonia pp. 30-57

Joan Enguer

Subjective Perceptions of Difference in Multi-level States: Regional Values, Embeddedness, and Bias in Canadian Provinces pp. 58-88

Ailsa Henderson, Antoine Bilodeau, Luc Turgeon and Stephen E White

Addressing the Challenges of Rural Local Governments: Perceptions of State Assistance pp. 89-111

David J Helpap

The Indebtedness of the Spanish Regions in the Context of Fiscal Consolidation pp. 112-146

Carmen Marín-González and Diego Martínez-López

Between Decentralization and Asymmetry: Explaining Preferences toward the Division of Power in Canada pp. 147-173

Philippe Chassé, Olivier Jacques and Colin Scott

Bringing Capacity Back In: Paradiplomacy and Sub-State Government Internationalization in the Global Economy pp. 174-200

Lucia Kovacikova

Territorial Conflict in the Spotlight: Unveiling Paths to Territorial Clarity pp. 201-221

Marc Sanjaume-Calvet, Lesley-Ann Daniels and Pau Bossacoma Busquets

Volume 54, issue 4, 2024

Fiscal Federalism in Canada, edited by Andre Lecours, Daniel Béland, Trevor Tombe, and Eric Champagne pp. e52-e54

Jonathan Rodden

Multiple Barriers: The Multilevel Governance of Homelessness in Canada, by Alison Smith pp. e55-e57

Keith Banting

What’s the Matter with Delaware? How the First State Has Favored the Rich, Powerful, and Criminal—and How It Costs Us All, by Hal Weitzman pp. e58-e60

Isaac William Martin

Paradiplomacy in Hard Times: Cooperation and Confrontation in Subnational U.S.–China Relations pp. 599-627

Kyle A Jaros and Sara A Newland

The Frontiers of Nullification and Anticommandeering: Federalism and Extrajudicial Constitutional Interpretation pp. 628-655

Jesse Hartery and Geoffrey T Sigalet

Navigating Conflicting Incentives: Discursive Strategies of Political Parties in Germany’s Cooperative Federalism pp. 656-682

Antonios Souris, Sabine Kropp and Christoph Nguyen

Out of Many, One? Exploring Ethnolinguistic Identity Appeals in the Brussels Capital Region pp. 683-710

Benjamin Blanckaert and Didier Caluwaerts

Integration through Expansive Unification: The Birth of the European Health Union pp. 711-736

Maurizio Ferrera, Anna Kyriazi and Joan Miró

States, Alliances, and Subnational Inequality: Argentina in Comparative Perspective, 2003–2019 pp. 737-762

Lucas I González and Marcelo Nazareno

Local Fiscal Response to State Preemption: A Case Study of Massachusetts’ Proposition 2½ Tax Referendum pp. 763-790

Shu Wang and Yonghong Wu

In Memoriam: Donald S. Lutz (1943–2024) pp. 791-793

Christopher Hammons and George Connor

Volume 54, issue 3, 2024

Managing Federalism through Pandemic, by Kathy L. Brock and Geoffrey Hale pp. e46-e48

Shannon Dinan

Indigenous Peoples and the Future of Federalism, edited by Amy Swiften and Joshua Nichols pp. e49-e51

Martin Papillon

The State of American Federalism 2023–2024: Judicialization of Gridlocked Politics pp. 435-464

Rebecca Bromley-Trujillo and Michael A Dichio

Federal Judges, States Legislators, and State Voting Rights Rollback pp. 465-486

Robinson Wood

Fiscal Federalism, ARPA, and the Politics of Repair pp. 487-510

Yuanshuo Xu and Mildred E Warner

American Federalism: A Blessing and a Curse for Transgender Rights pp. 511-533

Jami Taylor, Andrew Flores, Donald Haider-Markel, Daniel Lewis and Patrick Miller

Armed Federalism, Gun Markets, and the Right to Bear Arms in the United States pp. 534-572

Jonathan Obert

Democratic Backsliding in the American States: The Case of Judicial Independence pp. 573-597

Meghan E Leonard

Volume 54, issue 2, 2024

Fiscal Unions: Economic Integration in Europe and the United States, by Tomasz Wozniakowski (Comparative fiscal federalism and the post-Covid EU: between debt rules and borrowing power) pp. e18-e21

Christakis Georgiou

Precolonial Legacies in Postcolonial Politics: Representation and Redistribution in Decentralized States, by Martha Wilfahrt pp. e22-e23

Constantine Manda

Inequality Across State Lines: How Policymakers Have Failed Domestic Violence Victims in the United States, by Kaitlin N. Sidorsky and Wendy J. Schiller pp. e24-e26

Sabine Lang

Splitsville USA: A Democratic Argument for Breaking up the United States, by Christopher F. Zurn (The Democratic Disconnect) pp. e27-e31

Ilya Somin

Rethinking Federalism Studies, by Carol S. Weissert pp. e32-e34

John Kincaid

Nation-Building and Federalism in Nepal, by Krishna Hachhethu (Nepal, federalism and participatory constitution-making: Deliberative democracy and divided societies) pp. e35-e38

Michael G Breen

Rethinking Decentralization: Mapping the Meaning of Subsidiarity in Federal Political Culture, by Jacob Deem (Canadian federalism and the principle of subsidiarity: Should we open Pandora's box?) pp. e39-e41

Bianca Jamal and Loleen Berdahl

Constitutional Crises and Regionalism by Vito Breda (State making or state breaking?’ Crisis, COVID-19 and the constitution in Belgium, Spain and the United Kingdom) pp. e42-e45

Paul Anderson

What is Federalism? Some Definitional Clarification pp. 179-200

Alan Fenna and Johanna Schnabel

Seeing Red and Blue: Assessing How Americans Understand Geographic Polarization, Secession, and the Value of Federalism pp. 201-227

Nicholas F Jacobs

Measuring Policy Diffusion in Federal Systems: The Case of Legalizing Cannabis in Canada under Time Constraints pp. 228-256

Evelyne Brie, Cynthia Huo and Christopher Alcantara

Federalism and Confidence in Australian Governments During the COVID-19 Pandemic pp. 257-282

Nicholas Biddle, Matthew Gray and Ian McAllister

Assessing the Effects of Amendment Rules in Federal Systems: Australia and Switzerland Compared pp. 283-312

Rahel Freiburghaus and Adrian Vatter

Fiscal Decentralization and Health Care Access and Quality: Evidence from Local Governments around the World pp. 313-338

Andreas Kyriacou and Oriol Roca-Sagalés

A Regional System under Tight-Knit Elite Rule: The Last Attempt to Introduce Decentralization in Early Italy pp. 339-360

Giorgio Brosio

Past Political Asymmetry and Present Public Opinion: How Has the Asymmetrical Federation of the EU Shaped Popular Opinion of Its Optimal Shape? pp. 361-385

Martin Moland

State Pride and the Quality of Democracy in the American States pp. 386-406

Patrick J Flavin and Gregory Shufeldt

Federalism, Decentral Governance, and Joint Decision-Making: Bad News for the Implementation of International Environmental Agreements? pp. 407-433

Johannes Müller Gómez

Volume 54, issue 1, 2024

A Note from the Editors (From the Editor: The Themes of a Journal of Federalism) pp. 1-5

Paul Nolette and Philip Rocco

Putting Federalism in Its Place: The Territorial Politics of Social Policy Revisited, by Scott L. Greer, Daniel Béland, André Lecours, and Kenneth A. Dubin pp. e1-e4

Jared Sonnicksen

Federalism and Decentralization in the Contemporary Middle East and North Africa, Edited by Aslı Ü. Bâli and Omar M. Dajani pp. e5-e11

Bizuneh Yimenu

Federalism and State Restructuring in Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Origins, Rationales, and Challenges pp. 6-33

Bizuneh Yimenu

Small Isn’t Beautiful: The Case against Localism, by Trevor Latimer pp. e12-e14

Juliet F Gainsborough

The Municipal Fiscal Crisis: A Framework for Understanding and Fixing Government Budgeting, by Mark Moses pp. e15-e17

Eric Scorsone

The Timing of Implementation of COVID-19 Lockdown Policies: Does Decentralization Matter? pp. 34-58

Vassilis Tselios

Health Expenditure Decentralization and Health Outcomes: The Importance of Governance pp. 59-87

Ryota Nakatani, Qianqian Zhang and Isaura Garcia Valdes

The Determinants of Taxation Innovation Policy in Spain’s Common Regime Autonomous Communities (1986–2018) pp. 88-120

Mario Kölling, Simon Toubeau and Deborah Zak Godoy

Why States Preempt City Ordinances: The Case of Workers’ Rights Laws pp. 121-145

Christopher Goodman and Megan E Hatch

The First- and Second-Nature Geographic Correlates of Federal Budget Transfers and Fiscal Dependence—Evidence from Russia and the United States pp. 146-177

Allison C White and Youngsung Kim