Chair
Dr Harihar Bhattacharyya, University of Burdwan
harihar59@gmail.com
University of Burdwan, Political Science
R.B.Chattaerjee Road,Tikohar,p.o. Lakurdi
Burdwan, West Bengal 713102
India
Treasurer
Prof. Mariely Lopez-Santana, George Mason University
Board members
Dr. Michael Breen, University of Melbourne, Australia
Dr. Juan Cruz Olmeda, El Colegio de México, Mexico
Prof. Yonatan Fessha, Dullah-Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Dr. Johanna Schnabel, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Dr. Elisabeth Alber, Institute for Comparative Federalism, Eurac, Italy
Background
Recognised as study group in 1984; granted research committee status in 1987.
Objectives
RC28 facilitates the pursuit of comparative research and scholarship on federalism, intra-state regionalism, decentralization, and multilevel governance. This includes the theoretical, conceptual, and normative discussion as well as the empirical analysis of territorial power-sharing. Topics of particular interest to RC28 are intergovernmental relations; administrative and fiscal relationships; multilevel political behavior and policy-making; and territorially-based ethnic, cultural, and religious diversity. RC28’s comparative attention spans federal, confederal, quasi-federal, as well as non-federal systems, including subnational and supranational political bodies.
