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
    • Grimaldi Giorgio
    Prospects for Ecological Federalism
    in Europe en formation (L') , n. 363, 2012/1 ,  2012 ,  301-323
    Federalism and ecologism are ideologies sharing the aim of reconciling the global perspective (federation as a guarantee for freedom, democracy, peace, prosperity, justice and the protection of world ecosystems) with the local perspective (the autonomy of the human community and the fight to protect the environmental as well as social and cultural heritage, etc.) and offer universal ideals of global solidarity, often viewed as unattainable dreams by the majority of citizens. Federalism and ecologism also share the characteristic of being supported by qualified elites and not being able to constantly engage and mobilise large portions of democratic societies. Some common elements (culture of limitation or self-limitation and eco-development or eco-sustainability, extension of individual and collective rights/duties and active democratic participation at the local, regional, national and global level based on solid civic and ecological education, territoriality enhancement and unity in diversity, the pursuit of a global multidimensional security policy based on a multipolar balance of power at the global level, on non-violent and ‘defensive defence’ methods) could encourage an ecological federalism aimed at dealing with global phenomena as well as recovering, at the local and national level, and building, at the regional and global level, political and democratic capacity for governance to protect and manage common global goods and promote conditions and services that guarantee a dignified lifestyle to the population, based on minimum shared values and public interests.
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