The Centre on Constitutional Change is a leading hub for the comparative study of territorial politics and governance in the United Kingdom and beyond.
After its pre-election budget on 13 January, the Scottish Government faces unenviable dilemmas resulting from the mark 2 version of devolution it accepted after the independence referendum.
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.
Join Dr. David Rogers, the former Constitution and Cabinet Director at the Scottish Government, for a talk and Q&A session
An opportunity for academics and researchers broadly interested in spatial inequalities to share their research expertise
This event explores whether German federalism still offers useful lessons for Scotland and the UK. It will consider how Germany's system of territorial governance has evolved, what challenges it now faces, and how this experience might inform ongoing debates about devolution, democracy, and reform in Scotland and the wider UK.
Scholarship on international sovereignty generally adopts a binary conception: territories either have international recognition, or they lack it and remain unrecognized entities within fragmented states.
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