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Scholars of federalism and political parties argue that ethnic federalism leads to the creation of regional and ethnoregional parties at the expense of national parties. Critics of ethnofederalism claim that a regional party system dominated by branches of national parties in et…

Weak states have been blamed for many of the world's socioeconomic ills including poverty, disease, and terrorism. This dissertation demonstrates how certain characteristics of national politics effect state strength. It is shown that checks on the authority of national executiv…