Gligitch-Zolotareva, M.V., Dobrynin, N.M. The synergy of federalism. Part 1

Abstract: Analysis of causes of formation of certain state and territorial structures and of their development have for a long time been of great interest to scientists. However, the topical issues of causation and evolution of federations and, speaking more broadly, of polycentric systems do not seem to be adequately represented in scholarly writing. One of the reasons for such a lack of recognition is that it is merely impossible for a single legal science to encompass all the aspects and elements of such a complex matter as federalism surely is. In order to achieve it, one needs interdisciplinary approaches, use of various sciences. Does the synergy have the necessary potential to cast light on specific features of federalism and the dynamics of its development? Part 1 of this article, which is devoted to the study of the synergetic approaches to the models of federalism, is presented in this journal.