Austrian Federalism: History–Properties–Change

In comparative research on federations, Austria ranks among the group of countries which “describe themselves as federations while being so centrally dominated in design and practice as to be little short of unitary states.” 1 It is first and foremost the remarkable power asymmetry between the two h...

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Federalism
Foreign policy
Freedom
Government
Government officials
Government relations
Governors
Jurisprudence
Law
National politics
Natural law
Natural rights
Parliamentary system
Personal liberty
Philosophy of law
Political freedom
Political organizations
Political parties
Political regimes
Political science
Political systems
Politics
Public administration
Public policy
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