International
Publication
Event report - Constitutional Change in Canada and the UK: Challenges to Devolution and Federalism
Federalism in Canada and devolution in the United Kingdom both face emerging challenges. Questions exist over the right level of social solidarity and welfare.
Publication
Seeing the Same Canada? Visible Minorities’ Views of the Federation
Abstract
Canada’s history has been marked by competing visions of the country and regional grievances about how the federation works.
Opinion
from Montreal to Ottawa
On the night of the 1995 Quebec independence referendum, twenty years ago yesterday, then Quebec premier Jacques Parizeau, who had campaigned for independence, suggested that the Yes side had bee
Opinion
Justin Trudeau and Canadian Federalism
André Lecours, University of Ottawa, discusses how for the first time in decades, there is uncertainty about a new Canadian government's vision of federalism.
Opinion
The search for a stable territorial model
The current impasse playing out in the forthcoming election has been long in the making, says Joseph Valles, and recent actions by the Spanish government, the media and the Constitutional Cou
Opinion
Catalonia and Spain: Conflicting Majorities
In the first blog of a four-part series, Prof Josep Vallés considers how public attitudes across Spain towards levels of self-government have created a structural tension in Spanish democracy
Opinion
Decision Time for Catalonia
The forthcoming election in Catalonia will see pro-independence parties and civil society groups join forces under a banner of declaring independence if they secure a majority.
Opinion
Labour’s coalition dilemma has Spanish echoes
Anyone watching the Labour leadership’s refusal to rule out a post-election agreement with the SNP, would be forgiven for thinking such an arrangement was unique.
Opinion
Referendum showed it can be good to see ourselves as others see us
This article first appeared in The Herald
Opinion
Scotland’s constitutional future: the lessons from Quebec
*Join the Centre on Constitutional Change & Territorial Politics Research Group for Frédéric Bastien's seminar on Thursday 11 December 2014.