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
    • Palermo Francesco
    The “F” Factor in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. Why is the international community afraid of federalism and why it should not be
    in Europe en formation (L') , n. 363, 2012/1 ,  2012 ,  169-178
    Virtually nothing has changed as to territorial arrangements over the last decade, particularly in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, where the role of the international community has been more prominent in constitutional assistance to democratic transitions. The paper investigates the reasons why it has been the case and argues that federalism (and regionalism) is handled with excessive caution, both by domestic and by international actors. A nonemotional, de-politicised approach to federalism is suggested, one that pays attention to good governance and not only to self-governance, divorcing the territorial question from minority issues. Federalism can better support minority participation the more it is used as an instrument for integration of a territory as a whole rather than of self-isolation of a minority group.
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