New Directions in Federalism Studies (Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138994413 ISBN 13: 9781138994416

Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

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 topic. The authors seek to achieve this aim by structuring the contributions around four dimensions federalism studies:

• the development and design of federal institutions;

• federalism and democratic participation, representation and accountability;

• federalism and the accommodation of territorially-based ethnic, cultural and linguistic differences;

• federalism and public policy.

With a strong comparative framework, New Directions in Federalism Studies will be of interest to students and scholars of Federalism, Government, Regionalism, and Multi-level Governance. It will also offer insights of relevance to Comparative Politics, Public Policy, Public Administration, Nationalism, and West European Politics.

About this title

About the Author

Jan Erk is Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands.  

Wilfried Swenden is Senior Lecturer of Politics at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138994413
• ISBN 13: 9781138994416
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Erk Jan, Swenden Wilfried