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The 2019 Canadian Federal Election: A Return to Western Alienation
As the campaign for the Canadian federal election of October 21 2019 got underway, the contest between the Conserv
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Elections in Spain: a New Deadlock in a More Polarised Parliament
New elections, similar results.
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No passion please, we're Canadian: the 2019 federal election and a divided electorate
As a student in a Canadian political science department in the early 1990s I was assigned a lot of readings about the merits of brokerage politics, the premise of which is f
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Catalonia Two Years After the 2017 Independence Referendum
The quest for independence was defeated in October 2017.
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Territorial Tensions in the Canadian Federation
Ahead of Canada's federal elections, André Lecours of the University of Ottawa assesses the prospects of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party, in the face of electoral instability.
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Debunking Hong Kong's Rule of Law Myth: There is no rule of law without democracy
In a guest blog, Canadian political scientist Jean-François Dupré argues that Hong Kong's rule of law myth cannot exist in the absence of democracy.
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The 2019 Indian general elections and the demise of political federalism?
The 2019 Indian general elections took many by surprise. In spite of a lacklustre economic performance, the Bharatiya Janata Party increased its parliamentary majority.
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Spain’s new Government is “a-changin”?
Luis Moreno, Research Professor at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), looks at the unfavourable parliamentary arithmetic facing Prime Minister Sánchez and his PSOE party.
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Where to for Catalan Independentists in the European Parliament?
Judith Sijstermans (University of Edinburgh) considers how Catalonia's new nationalist MEPs can make an impact in the European Parliament.