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Ethnic federalism, multi-ethnic or multi-national federalism, is a form of federal system in which the federated regional or state units are defined by ethnicity. Ethnic federal systems have been created in attempts to accommodate demands for ethnic autonomy and manage inter-ethnic tensions within a state.
Jun 29, 2022 · This contribution explores how federalism is employed for multinational state-building and sheds light on the topic of federalism and ethnic relations at large. The specific objective is to explain fundamentals as to the functioning of some federal systems subsumed...
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Ethnic Federalism as a New State -Building Approach in Post-1991 Ethiopia: Its Pitfalls and the Way Forward . Dr. Mohammed Dejen Assen . Abstract . In contrast to the imperial and the Derg regime s whichwere based on a ssimilation and authoritarian repression policies against ethnonational demands for autonomy and
Federalism, the division of power between state and central governments, was the most novel doctrine to emerge from the Constitutional Convention. ‘Federalism’ explains how it embraced a contradiction, imperium in imperio, a sovereignty within a sovereignty. This logical inconsistency—classical theory assumed that governmental sovereignty ...
United States, 564 U.S. 211, 222 (2011) (By denying any one government complete jurisdiction over all the concerns of public life, federalism protects the liberty of the individual from arbitrary power. When government acts in excess of its lawful powers, that liberty is at stake.
of federalism and ethnic relations at large. Its specific objective is to explain fundamentals as to the functioning of some federal systems sub-sumed in the category of multinational or ethnic federalism. To do so, the analysis is structured as follows: Part B conceptually reflects on federal-ism, federation, and federal systems. It demon-
Federalism is a mode of government that combines a general government (the central or "federal" government) with regional governments ( provincial, state, cantonal, territorial, or other sub-unit governments) in a single political system, dividing the powers between the two. Johannes Althusius is considered the father of modern federalism along ...
