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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459404403321

Autore

Hooghe Liesbet

Titolo

The rise of regional authority : a comparitive study of 42 democracies / / Liesbet Hooghe, Gary Marks, and Arjan H. Schakel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-97464-4

1-136-97465-2

1-282-58654-8

9786612586545

0-203-85217-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MarksGary <1952->

SchakelArjan H

Disciplina

320.4/049

Soggetti

Regionalism

Federal government

Comparative government

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Measuring regional authority; 2 Operationalizing regional authority; 3 Validating the regional authority index; 4 An era of regionalization; Appendix A: Profiles of regional reform in 42 countries (1950-2006); Appendix B: Country and regional scores; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Most countries around the globe have one or two levels of regional or intermediate government, yet we have little systematic idea of how much authority they wield, or how this has changed over time. This book measures and explains the formal authority of intermediate or regional government in 42 advanced democracies, including the 27 EU member states. It tracks regional authority on an annual basis from 1950 to 2006. The measure reveals wide variation both cross-sectionally and over time. The authors examine four influences - functional pressures, democratization, European integratio