Hybrid Regimes Within Democracies: Fiscal Federalism and Subnational Rentier States

ISBN-13: 9781108451079 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 311 str.

Carlos Gervasoni

Opis

A cutting-edge description of subnational democracy combined with a ground breaking explanation for why some regions are much less democratic than others.

Recenzje

'… Hybrid Regimes within Democracies … offers a sophisticated analysis of the relationship between the distribution of fiscal resources to provincial governments in Argentina and the variation in the quality of democracy across the country's twenty-two subnational units … this outstanding book is highly relevant and recommended read for those interested in exploring the impact of fiscal federalism on democratic politics and the institutional challenges related to improving the quality of democracy beyond the national level of government.' Helder Ferreira do Vale, Democratization

Spis treści

Part I. Description: The Anatomy and Evolution of Subnational Regimes: 1. Defining and measuring subnational regimes; 2. The subnational democracy index: trends in provincial regimes (1983–2015); 3. Expert survey evidence: the many dimensions of subnational democracy; Part II. Explanation: The Causes of Subnational Regimes: 4. On the rentier effects of fiscal federalism on subnational regimes; 5. Fiscal federalism, subnational rentierism, and hybrid provincial regimes in Argentina; 6. The determinants of provincial regimes in Argentina; Part III. Comparison: Subnational Regimes around the World: A Comparative Perspective: Levels of subnational democracy in seven federations and one unitary country; Conclusion.