especially significant in ameliorating distributional competition and conflict. Less resources are spent in aggregate on … process as a costly fight to acquire shares of the GNP pie. It is shown, in particular, that a system of federalism is … appropriative activities under a hierarchical system of federalism than in a unified jurisdiction with a single central government …

. This last effect mitigates the expected benefits of policy centralization. The authors' theory is then applied to the … setting of civil conflict, where they discuss electoral outcomes in Northern Ireland and Yugoslavia before and after …

. This last effect mitigates the expected benefits of policy centralization. The authors' theory is then applied to the … setting of civil conflict, where they discuss electoral outcomes in Northern Ireland and Yugoslavia before and after …

'Connor - the federalism revolution initiated by the Supreme Court almost twenty years ago continues its onward advance. If recent … and international law. The emerging federalism of foreign affairs and international law is of a distinct form, however … conflict in the interaction of international norms with sub-national interests - a conception of international law as silencing …

bastions of power dominated by entrenched elites, characterized by scarce political competition, weak division of powers, and …

if, indeed, it does matter, and for whom it might matter are the types of questions this paper explores. Federalism is … turns out that the pro-liberty quality of federalism is a possible but not a necessary feature of federalism. This essay … explores this two-edged quality of federalism to discern more clearly the relation between federalism and liberty …

responsibility over all federal items. Three further key elements are the subsidiarity principle, federalism and the secession right …