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1. The Second-Generation Theory of Fiscal Federalism: A Critical Evaluation
(John Boye Ejobowah/Essay)

This paper evaluates the second-generation theory (SGT) of fiscal federalism. It spells out the main arguments of the theory and discusses the fiscal architecture of Nigerian federalism with a view to ...

2. The Sustainable European Union Own Resources System
(Maciej Cieslukowski/Essay)

... system and proposes the methodology of its evaluation. ...

3. The “Arab Spring” and the EU’s “Democracy Promotion” in Egypt: A Missed Appointment?
(Tommaso Virgili/Essay)

... and figures to give a synthetic account of the framework of the EU-Egypt relations. In the evaluation of its outcomes, I will resort to scholarly opinions, to the Assessment Reports of the European Court ...

4. Subconstitutionalism in a Multilayered System. A Comparative Analysis of Constitutional Politics in the German Länder
(Astrid Lorenz - Werner Reutter/Essay)

Even though there have been some revaluations of the Länder in the last two decades German debates on federalism hardly take subnational constitutional politics into account. For example, textbooks on ...

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

... this study, from a perspective of the commitment to democratic regeneration and taking into consideration parameters such as control, responsibility, evaluation, dialogue and the transparency of public ...