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
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.
