The Centre on Constitutional Change is a leading hub for the comparative study of territorial politics and governance in the United Kingdom and beyond.
When interest groups want to influence national legislation, they typically focus on federal ministries and parliament. But in countries with multiple layers of government, lobbyists have additional options. Regionalization and European integration have created various channels for political communication, allowing groups to pursue influence across subnation-al, national, and supranational tiers of authority.
The formation of Japan’s new government in October marked two turning points: the election of its first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, and a new coalition between the long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the reformist Japan Innovation Party (Ishin no Kai). Takaichi’s election drew global attention, but less noticed abroad was the tie-up with a new regionalist partner determined to elevate Osaka’s stature.
Research on the relationship between crisis and nationalism finds that during the period of the cost-of-living crisis, both state and sub-state nationalist political parties folded the crisis into longstanding scripts of territorial contestation.
Summarising his recent paper in Regional and Federal Studies, Nigussie Daba Heyi examines the real extent of regional policy autonomy within Ethiopia’s federal system, revealing a significant gap between constitutional design and political practice.
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