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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 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 ...

3. Introduction
(Anna Mastromarino/Editorial)

... of democracy: representative, direct and participatory, in the framework of the new generation of Statutes passed last decade in both countries. Instruments of participation are introduced in the decision-making ...

4. Legislative initiative and popular participation in the 1948 Constitution and its transposition in the first generation
(Anna Maria Poggi/Essay)

The instruments of people’s participation found in the “first generation” Statutes (1971) were initially perceived as a further possible link between politics and civil society, in line with the overall ...