Handbook on decentralization, devolution and the state. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ignacio Lago.
• Editors: Lago, Ignacio
• Contents: Contents: Preface xiv 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Decentralization, Devolution and the State 1 Ignacio Lago PART I METHODS, DATA AND APPROACHES 2 Conceptualizing and measuring decentralization 9 Paolo Dardanelli 3 Exploring and explaining trends in decentralization 27 Arjan Schakel 4 Second-order elections and electoral democracy 52 Hermann Schmitt and Eftichia Teperoglou 5 Redistribution and equality: the role of the territorial conflict dimension 67 Francesc Amat and Emmy Lindstam 6 The political determinants of decentralization 91 Amuitz Garmendia PART II DECENTRALIZATION IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE 7 Decentralization and subnational politics in Latin America 115 Jorge Gordin 8 Decentralization and subnational politics in Asia 131 Sarah Shair-Rosenfield 9 Decentralization and subnational politics in North America 147 Raúl A. Ponce Rodríguez 10 Decentralization and subnational politics in Western Europe 171 Caroline Gray, Ed Turner and Davide Vampa PART III POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF DECENTRALIZATION 11 Attributions of responsibility in multilevel states 197 Sandra León and Ignacio Jurado 12 Decentralization and electoral accountability 213 Philip Charbonneau and Cameron D. Anderson 13 Territorial autonomy, ethnic conflict, and secession: between a rock and a hard place? 236 Paul Anderson and Soeren Keil 14 Electoral behaviour in multilevel systems 255 Jean-François Daoust and André Blais PART IV SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF DECENTRALIZATION 15 Federalism and income inequality 270 Vassilis Tselios 16 A multidimensional analysis of the link between decentralization and development 287 Gianpiero Torrisi 17 Social policy in decentralized countries 303 Hanna Kleider and Lucas Silva Lopes 18 Fiscal decentralization and governance quality: a review of the literature and additional evidence 322 Andreas P. Kyriacou and Oriol Roca-Sagalés 19 The Great Recession and the Great Lockdown: how are they shaping intergovernmental relations? 347 Luiz de Mello.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 320.8; Decentralization in government; Decentralization in government -- Social aspects; State, The
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781839103285
• Related ISBNs: 9781839103278
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