Bulletin n. 2-3/2012
October 2012-February 2013
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Khan Arshi
    Contesting Democratic Polities in the Interest of Federalism
    in Europe en formation (L') , n. 363, 2012/1 ,  2012 ,  251-263
    Federalism is not only a system of governance, but also an important political principle that has long been neglected in various parts of Asia. Federalism succeeds in those countries where either civic state and society compliments each other or civic communes, like that of the linguistic communities of Switzerland, co-exist due to the recognition of their democratic entitlements within the federal and cantonal constitutions. In other words, federal arrangements have better prospects in those places where the people have experienced a long phase of change, revolutions and reforms. Several Asian countries have endorsed the federal structure of power sharing but they have not yet developed such norms and values to sustain its benefits. As a result, political crises have emerged affecting the government and the people. It is also a fact that the application of federal order can overcome most of these crises.
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