American Federalism: August in Review
"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" -Sonnet 18 August was an interesting month for federalism news, and despite a summer...
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Federal outlays
Employment share
IMF data
Power Shift
Summary
Federal outlays
Employment share
IMF data
Power Shift
Summary
Federal outlays
Employment share
IMF data
Power Shift
Summary
Analysis
Johana Linford
- Jun 3
- 6 min
American Federalism: May in Review
"The maintenance of federalism involves 'thinking federal', that is, being oriented toward the ideals and norms of republicanism,...
Andrew Bibby
- May 1
- 6 min
American Federalism: April in Review
"The maintenance of federalism involves 'thinking federal', that is, being oriented toward the ideals and norms of republicanism,...
Johana Linford
- Apr 2
- 5 min
American Federalism: March in Review
Several new items have been added to the Federalism Policy Tracker on a range of important federalism topics, from new EV rules, to...
Johana Linford
- Mar 1
- 5 min
American Federalism: February in Review
Several new items have been added to the Federalism Policy Tracker on a range of important federalism topics, from campaign legislation,...
Andrew Bibby
- Feb 1
- 4 min
American Federalism: January in Review
A number of new items have been added to the Federalism Policy Tracker on a range of important federalism issues, from the Texas Border...
Johana Linford
- Dec 29, 2023
- 8 min
Federalism Policy Tracker: Year in Review
Hank McIntire via Center for Constitutional Studies. Members of the Federalism Index Project (Johana Linford, A. Bibby, Sam Hill)...
Andrew Bibby
- Aug 1, 2023
- 4 min
American Federalism: July in review
Fourteen new items have been added to the Federalism Policy Tracker on a range of important federalism issues, from immigration to...
Andrew Bibby
- Jul 3, 2023
- 5 min
American Federalism: June in Review
After a sleepy Spring, June turned out to be a blockbuster month for the federalism policy world. 13 items were added to the Federalism...
Johana Linford
- Jun 6, 2023
- 5 min
American Federalism: May in review
Eight new items have been added to the Federalism Policy Tracker on a range of issues including prayers in public schools, immigration...
Andrew Bibby
- May 2, 2023
- 5 min
American Federalism: May Preview
April has been another interesting month for federalism policy. 11 items were added to the Federalism Policy Tracker on a range of issues...
Andrew Bibby
- Apr 3, 2023
- 6 min
American Federalism: April Preview
March was a curious month for federalism studies. It began with a call by some legislators to introduce a 32-hour work week. March ended...
Andrew Bibby
- Mar 1, 2023
- 5 min
American Federalism: March Preview
March will be an interesting month, with a range of topics from police reform, to internet regulation, and student loan forgiveness.
Andrew Bibby
- Feb 1, 2023
- 4 min
American Federalism: February Preview
Since December, 25 new policies have been added to the Bill Tracker, across a range of issues from border policy to water rights and gas...
Andrew Bibby
- Oct 30, 2022
- 3 min
American Federalism: November preview
45 policies have been added to the Policy Tracker in a range of areas including student loan forgiveness, voting rights, and pork production
Andrew Bibby
- Oct 1, 2022
- 2 min
American Federalism: October preview
A preview of upcoming federalism policies for October 2022
Kendra Savage
- Sep 25, 2022
- 3 min
Federalism Around the World
Federal systems vary widely in their application, nature, scope, and character.
Emily Linford
- Feb 3, 2022
- 1 min
State Constitutions and American Federalism Clips
Taken from FIP's Fall 2021 Conference, explore clips that describe various functions, aspects, and implications of state constitutions
Emily Linford
- Sep 29, 2021
- 35 min
Summer Workshop Readings 2021
Federalism lesson plans from the Schools of Democracy: A Federalism Teacher Workshop (2021).
Andrew Bibby
- Aug 19, 2021
- 4 min
Measuring Leviathan
Our newest dashboard focuses on one of the key conceptual difficulties in American federalism and how power has "shifted" from the states
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