Federalism and Regionalism in Western Europe discusses the institutional features of federalism and regionalism and brings in recent insights from the viewpoint of neo-institutional scholarship. Rather than providing a case-by-case approach, the book offers a thematic analysis of federalism and regionalism. Apart from debating definitions and institutional features of federalism and regionalism, the book also analyzes and explains varieties in the allocation of resources, in the political decision-making process and in the policy content and problem-solving capacity of West-European federal...
Federalism and Regionalism in Western Europe discusses the institutional features of federalism and regionalism and brings in recent insights from the...
This book looks at the organization and strategy of state-wide parties from across some of the most important multi-layered countries in Western Europe. The volume providesthe first systematic attempt to study the strategy of state-wide parties on the basis of the comparative literature on issue voting."
This book looks at the organization and strategy of state-wide parties from across some of the most important multi-layered countries in Western Europ...
For too long Belgium remained an unexplored terrain by comparative political scientists. Belgium's politics were best known through the writings of Arend Lijphart, who considered it a model case of consociationalism. Over the past ten to fifteen years, the analysis of consociationalism has been complemented by a more detailed coverage of Belgium's spectacular transformation process from a unitary into a federal state, moving rapidly now to disintegration. Likewise, several peculiar aspects of Belgian politics, such as the record fragmentation of its party system, have been covered in edited...
For too long Belgium remained an unexplored terrain by comparative political scientists. Belgium's politics were best known through the writings of Ar...
Federalism has experienced a remarkable renaissance in recent decades - as an alternative way to accommodate ethnic differences; as a tool to combat remote, undemocratic and ineffective central governments; and lastly, as a means to promote economic performance in the developing world through decentralisation.
This book seeks to bring different aspects and perspectives of federalism studies closer together, by providing an analytical framework which transcends the sub-fields and encourages contributors to look beyond the comfort zones of their own disciplinary approaches to the...
Federalism has experienced a remarkable renaissance in recent decades - as an alternative way to accommodate ethnic differences; as a tool to comba...
