Regional & Federal Studies

期刊简介：From European integration to processes of decentralisation in the Global South, from post-conflict federal power-sharing arrangements to minority nationalist movements and the spatial rescaling of public policy,the study of federalism and territorial politics now covers a wide variety of topics dealing with divided political authority and levels of government. From Argentina to China to Greenland, issues of (de)centralisation and multi-level territorial politics are of great importance. Regional and Federal Studies is a refereed social science journal which provides an academic forum for the publication of leading international research on these issues. The journal carefully reviews, selects and publishes high-quality articles dealing with various aspects of comparative territorial politics, regionalism, federalism, subnational research, and multi-level governance crossing substantive, thematic, geographical, theoretical, and methodological boundaries. The journal is also open to publishing material on supra-national or inter-governmental cooperation where this is substantially informed by, or seeks to contribute to, literature on federalism and territorial politics. When the journal was first created in 1991, as Regional Politics and Policy: An International Journal , its primary focus was on regionalism in Western Europe. Today, Regional and Federal Studies is a journal of global reference. The thirtieth anniversary issue of Regional and Federal Studies provides an overview of the development of the journal’s aims and scopes within the context of the wider field. Peer Review All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. Election articles are sent out for double anonymized peer review to at least two reviewers. Election reports are reviewed by the annual review editors.Special Issue Introductions are reviewed by members of the editorial board.

【译文】从欧洲一体化到全球南方的权力下放进程，从冲突后的联邦权力分享安排到少数民族主义运动和公共政策的空间重新调整，联邦制和领土政治的研究现在涵盖了涉及政治权威和政府层级划分的各种主题。从阿根廷到中国再到格陵兰岛，集权（去）化和多层次领土政治问题非常重要。 《区域和联邦研究》是一份经过审阅的社会科学期刊，为发表有关这些问题的领先国际研究提供了一个学术论坛。该杂志仔细审查、选择和发表高质量的文章，涉及比较领土政治、地区主义、联邦制、地方研究和跨越实质性、主题、地理、理论和方法论界限的多层次治理的各个方面。该杂志还开放出版有关超国家或政府间合作的材料，这些材料主要来自联邦制和领土政治的文献，或寻求对联邦制和领土政治的文献做出贡献。该期刊于 1991 年首次创建时，名为《区域政治与政策：国际期刊》，其主要关注点是西欧的区域主义。如今，《区域和联邦研究》已成为全球参考期刊。 《区域和联邦研究》三十周年纪念刊概述了该期刊在更广泛领域背景下的目标和范围的发展。同行评审本期刊的所有研究文章都经过了严格的同行评审，评审基于最初的编辑筛选和至少两名匿名审稿人的匿名审稿。选举文章将发送给至少两名审稿人进行双重匿名同行评审。选举报告由年度审查编辑审查。特刊介绍由编辑委员会成员审查。