Perspectives on Federalism is a free on-line peer-reviewed journal, promoted by the Centre for Studies on Federalism.

1. The Theory of EU Constitutional Pluralism: A Crisis in a Crisis?
(Leonardo Pierdominici/Essay)

... on both the descriptive and normative validity of EU constitutional pluralism’s claims. ...

2. Which Governments Come Out Ahead?
(William M. Myers and Davia Cox Downey/Essay)

... are investigated using decisions made by the high courts of Australia, Canada, and the United States. The descriptive findings indicate that institutional arrangements, such as federalism, in some ways, ...

3. The Regional Construction of a Citizen Participation Model: Experiences and Elements of the Debate on Participatory Democracy
(Rosario Tur Ausina/Essay)

This study offers a reflection on the current developments in participatory democracy at the regional level. Besides providing a descriptive analysis of the instruments put into practice through different ...

4. Efficiency as a descriptive variable of autonomous electoral systems in Spain
(Jaume Magre Ferran/Essay)

The homogeneity of the regulations governing  the electoral systems of autonomous communities  derives from  their desire to imitate the system  adopted for the Spanish Chamber of Deputies, and  from their ...