Mariely Lopez-Santana

@marielylopezs.bsky.social

Assoc Prof of PoliSci at ScharSchool (GMU). Co-editor of Regional and Federal Studies; MPE co-director. Comparative PolEcon, Welfare, Federalism, and Debt. UMICH grad. Jerezana. ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท

๐Ÿ’ญ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด! ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท You can find the blog post by the journal Deputy Lead Editor @marielylopezs.bsky.social here ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/blog/2026/pu...

Bild

Delighted to be part of this amazing editorial team. Looking forward to what is yet to come.

Regional & Federal Studies@regfedst.bsky.social ยท 4mo ago

๐ŸŽ‰ Great news for @regfedst.bsky.social! ๐Ÿ“ˆ The 2025 ๐—๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น #impactfactor has grown from 1.4 to ๐Ÿญ.๐Ÿด! ๐Ÿ™ A ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ to all authors, reviewers, editorial board members, and readers! #AcademicPublishing #PoliticalScience #JournalMetrics

El tema de la infrastructura de PRASA no es nuevo ya que viene arrastrandose desde los anos 80. En aquel momento la EPA habia multado a PR pues PRASA no cumplia con nuevas regulaciones y el sistema debia ser โ€œupdated.โ€ Por anos este problema quedo sobre la mesa (1/2)

BildBild

For my book, I have analyzed close to 90 years of Puerto Rico's bonds. 2 interesting findings from the 1980s: Gov. Hernandez Colon attempted to sell "Samurai" bonds to Japan. He was scolded by the US, PR does not have the ability to have independent relationships with other countries (1/2)

โ€‹โ€‹โช ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—™๐—ฆโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ @santiagolagop.bsky.social @mariacadaval.bsky.social A. Herrero-Alcalde & Xoan Fernรกndez-Leiceaga examined the influence on knowledge of and preferences for #fiscal #equalisation in #Spain. ๐Ÿ’ฐ What is the role of regional identities? Read the article here๐Ÿ‘‰ doi.org/10.1080/1359...

Bild

๐Ÿ“Œ๐——๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜! ๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ What drives ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ to seek statehood? Read the article by Dingkun Lei and Huming Li on Telangana statehood movement here ๐Ÿ‘‰ doi.org/10.1080/1359... #identity #statehood #Telangana #India

Bild

โ€‹โ€‹โช ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—™๐—ฆโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ชAnn-Mireille Sautter used the example of ๐——๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต-๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—บ to show how different generations understand ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. Is the 'consociational mood' coming to an ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ? Read the article here ๐Ÿ‘‰ doi.org/10.1080/1359... #Belgium #Dutch #regionalization

Bild

๐Ÿ“Œ๐——๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜! ๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ What shapes Spainโ€™s regional ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€? Read the article by @anddreupm.bsky.social @msanjaume.bsky.social and @marinampuig.bsky.social here ๐Ÿ‘‰ doi.org/10.1080/1359... #Spain #power #federalism #decentralization

BildBild

๐ŸŽ‰ Good news for Italian academics! Our journal has already been ranked as a top one (Fascia A) for political science (14/A2) in the Italian system. It has now also been recognised as ๐—™๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—” ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜„ (๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ/๐—–๐Ÿฏ). We look forward to receiving your contributions!

๐Ÿ“Œ๐——๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜! ๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ How do ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ affect state-level fiscal behaviour and growth differently across India? Read the article by Steffy Antony and P. S. Renjith here ๐Ÿ‘‰ doi.org/10.1080/1359... #India #fiscal #capital #deficit

Bild

โ€‹โ€‹โช ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—™๐—ฆโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Nigussie Daba Heyi investigated the level of the ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜† in the Ethiopian federation. How does ๐—˜๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฎ compare with other federal countries? Read the article here ๐Ÿ‘‰ doi.org/10.1080/1359... #Ethiopia #autonomy #federalism

Bild

๐Ÿ“Œ๐——๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜! ๐Ÿ“Œ ๐ŸŒฑ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Do pro-periphery parties assign greater salience to ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ compared to centralist parties? Read the article by Pablo Sallabera, Laura Cabeza Pรฉrez & Braulio Gรณmez here ๐Ÿ‘‰ doi.org/10.1080/1359... #Spain #green #nationalism #party #politics

BildBild

๐Ÿ’ญ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด! ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช You can find the blog post by our new editor, @jos38.bsky.social, and Antonios Souris here ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/blog/2026/wh...

Bild

โ€‹โ€‹โช ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—™๐—ฆโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง @allimcculloch.bsky.social Soeren Keil, Eduardo Wassim Aboultaif & Sahar Ammar investigated power-sharing agreements' adoptability and durability in #Lebanon and #Iraq. What conditions lead to power-sharing agreements? ๐Ÿ”“Read the #openaccess article here๐Ÿ‘‰ doi.org/10.1080/1359...

Bild

If you were confused by the part of Bad Bunnyโ€™s halftime show where dancers re-enacted Puerto Ricoโ€™s economic struggles under PROMESAโ€™s bankruptcy process, hereโ€™s a breakdown of what that moment was all about: lpeproject.org/blog/how-ban...

How Bankruptcy Prioritizes Property Rights Over Public Good

After a recent First Circuit decision, private creditors' bankruptcy rights pose an existential threat to the only electric utility in Puerto Rico. As this outcome shows, we need a new approach toโ€ฆ

lpeproject.org

Puerto Rico's ruling statehooders introduced a bill today to amend the Criminal Code so that murder includes "conceived human beings in any stage of gestation." They've stopped short of saying it's an abortion ban so they can call opponents liars and then call it an abortion ban after they pass it.

Bild