The World’s Federations

There are about 28 federal countries in the world today, which together represent 40 per cent of the world’s population. Almost all democracies with very large area or very large and ethnically diverse populations are federal. They include some of the largest...

Pakistan

“The theory of Pakistan guarantees that federated units of the national government would have all the autonomy that you will find in the constitutions of the United States of America, Canada and Australia. But certain vital powers will remain vested in the...

What is Federalism

John Kincaid, Professor at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania and director of the College’s Meyner Center for the Study of State and Local Government gave a useful definition of federalism: Federalism is essentially a system of voluntary self-rule and shared...