Mariely Lopez-Santana

States are facing catastrophic SNAP cuts from the Big Beautiful Bill--North Carolina is saying they may shutter their SNAP program. The Bill cuts the budget to administer SNAP, charges states billions for making administrative mistakes, all while adding even more admin complexity to the program.

Those Conservatives who are loosing it about Bad Bunny are forgetting about the basic principle that makes this country go round—- $.

As capitalists, they “just need follow the $”… the “rest” is just frosting.

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Call for proposals for the 2026 IPSA Research Committee Colloquium co-hosted by
@IPSA_RC28

Minorities under Siege? Plural Societies Facing Plural Challenges
June 23-26, 2026
Bolzano, Italy

For more information, see:
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#federalism #multilevelgovernance

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Today at @apsa.bsky.social conference we will be discussing the governance of debt from a comparative perspective. #Federalism #multilevelgovernance

Federalism, Intergovernmental Relations Scholars (& Co.) who will be attending @apsrjournal.bsky.social

We've put together a solid lineup covering a wide range of topics: Democ. Backsliding; Migration; Debt; Social & Education; and an AMCP panel (Rocco's "Counting Like a State"):
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​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦…
🇸🇪 D. Feltenius and J. Wilde investigated the process behind 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻 between the central government and the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR).
🔓 #openaccess article here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#regions #sweden #healthcare

Submit your article to Regional & Federal Studies How to submit your paper to Regional & Federal Studies. Share your work with us to maximise your readership and make your mark in your area of research.

🏛️ The @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference in Thessaloniki has ended.
✍️ Take another look at your papers. Members of the @ecprfederalism.bsky.social and all other participants who dealt with federalism/regionalism are welcome to submit them to us!
Read here how 👉 www.tandfonline.com/action/autho...

How intergroup contact with Francophones shapes Anglophone support for independence and federalism in Cameroon As a result of its colonial legacy, Cameroon is currently composed of two major linguistic communities: Anglophones and Francophones. Over the past nine years since 2016, the country has been embro...

🇨🇲 How intergroup contact with Francophones shapes Anglophone 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗻

Read the new article by Elvis Nshom here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#Cameroon #federalism #secession

The end of the ‘consociational mood’? Generational differences in sense-making of regionalization among Belgian Dutch-speakers Regionalization has become increasingly salient for citizens. To assess whether citizens perceive the process as legitimate, studies have increasingly focused on understanding public opinion toward...

🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨
🇧🇪 The end of the ‘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗼𝗱’? Generational differences in 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲-𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 among Belgian Dutch-speakers

Read the new article by Ann-Mireille Sautter here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#Belgium #regionalization #Dutch

Enduring Wounds: The Legacy of Racially-Targetted Institutional Violence In Event: Racial Violence, History, and Contemporary US Politics Fri, September 12, 2:00 to 3:30pm PDT Franshelly Marie Martinez-Ortiz, University of Michigan ISR Next Generation Scholar

With an original survey, @fmortiz.bsky.social finds that conspiracy thinking is racially patterned, responsive to reminders of state violence, and consequential for democratic engagement. ⚡ Find @umisrcps.bsky.social #ISRNextGeneration scholars at #APSA2025.

Next week, I will be attending the @apsrjournal.bsky.social Annual Conference in Vancouver.

As a co-editor of @regfedst.bsky.social, I am available to meet to discuss potential submissions. Feel free to DM me.

Summary of anti-corruption cases against Russian mayors, 2002-2022. N = 109.

🇷🇺 What is the the role of 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 of local elites in power dynamics in 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮’s authoritarian federalist system?
🔓📌Find out in the #openaccess article by Olga Masyutina here 👉https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2025.2520977

#Russia #corruption #elites

🇳🇬What are the patterns of 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 in 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮?
📌Find out in the article by Elena Semenova & Nkwachukwu Orji here 👉https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2024.2319730
It is part of our latest 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 👉https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/frfs20/35/3?nav=tocList
#Nigeria #politics #career

Land governance power delegation in federal systems: notion, manner and country practices This article seeks to analyse the concept of power delegation within the realm of land governance, examining the methodologies employed and the experiences of different countries. The objective is ...

🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲!
🇪🇹 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in federal systems: notion, manner and country practices

Read the new article by Habtamu Sitotaw Semahagne and Brightman Gebremichael Ganta here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#Ethiopia #land #governance

📰𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲!
Take a look to the new Issue of Regional & Federal Studies, Volume 35, Issue 4 (2025) 👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/frfs20/3...

Aquelles q estan en PR no se pierdan esta charla

While the White House is right in asserting that the Board is a problematic body, we should expect a deepening of its austerity agenda.

If interested in this topic, check out this paper: academic.oup.com/publius/arti...

Politicized corruption in authoritarian multilevel states: anti-corruption prosecution of local elites in Russia Corruption is the nexus of diverse strategies of power preservation in autocracies. It can be used to both co-opt elites and to sideline rivals. The fight against corruption can also become an impo...

🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲!
Politicized corruption in authoritarian multilevel states: anti-corruption prosecution of local elites in Russia

🇷🇺🔓 Read the new #OpenAccess article by Olga Masyutina here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#Russia #corruption #repression #local

The impact of political alignment on resource rent distribution in Colombia Subnational governments that are politically aligned with the central government tend to receive more fiscal resources than their non-aligned counterparts. However, the motivations behind this patt...

🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲!
The impact of 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 on resource rent distribution in 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗮

🇨🇴🔓 Read the new #openaccess article by Maria Antonieta Collazos-Ortiz, Pui-Hang Wong & David Andrés Londoño Bedoya
👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#Colombia #transfers #rents #politics

🇳🇬🔓Why 𝗟𝗮𝗴𝗼𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲’s elites chose 𝘁𝗮𝘅𝗲𝘀 over transfers?
Omowumi Olufunmbi Elemo-Kaka shows how 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 are establishing a model of 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲-𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆.
📌Don’t miss the article in #openaccess 👉https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2025.2486621
#tax #Lagos #elite #Nigeria

🇧🇪🗳️ Who decides what are 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱-𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀?
Is the importance voters give to different levels linked to 𝘀𝗽𝗹𝗶𝘁-𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴?
📌Don’t miss the article on Belgian case by @dieterstiers.bsky.social & @marchooghe.bsky.social
👉https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2025.2496883
#elections #regions #Belgium

This…

Huge thanks to @marielylopezs.bsky.social , Sheri Berman, @markblyth.bsky.social , Sara Watson, and @pculpepper.bsky.social for mentoring, as well as Abby Lewis and Nathália Nascimento for making sure the event ran smoothly.

Financial Oversight Boards in the U.S. Federal System: Insights from the Puerto Rican Debt Crisis Abstract. Recent fiscal crises in Detroit and Puerto Rico have brought Financial Oversight Boards (FOBs) to the forefront. In spite of these developments,

For some info, see:
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This regime included the imposition of a Financial and Management Oversight Board. 10 years later, the so-called "junta" is still in power and it is sort of a parallel govt composed of unelected officials. It still unclear when the FOMB will leave PRican soil. #puertorico

After being an active participant of the municipal bond market for close to a century, approximately, 10 years ago the Governor of PR declared that the debt was unpayable. What followed was the imposition of a "territorial bankruptcy regime," known as PROMESA.

If you are attending the Council for European Studies conference @ces-europe.bsky.social, and would like to chat about potential submissions to “Regional & Federal Studies” @regfedst.bsky.social, feel free to DM me.

📰𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲!
Take a look to the new Special Issue "𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶-𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀" 👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/frfs20/3...

It includes 6 articles and 2 book reviews🌍
#career #multilevel #politicalsystem #pakistan #nigeria #russia #spain #argentina