Open AccessRelevance of the Federal Idea
Author(s) -
Rupak Chattopadhyay
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
federal governance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1923-6158
DOI - 10.24908/fg.v15i2.13551
Subject(s) - referendum , federalism , consolidation (business) , democracy , political science , existentialism , relevance (law) , independence (probability theory) , public administration , political economy , national unity , law , sociology , politics , economics , statistics , mathematics , accounting
When the decision to establish the Forum of Federations was made in 1999, founder Canada had just survived a major existential crisis. In 1995, the second referendum on Quebec independence almost lead to the breakup of the country. Therefore, the contribution that federalism (or more accurately, the federal idea or federal spirit) can make to national unity and democratic consolidation has been at the heart of the organization’s work since its founding...