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The Palgrave Handbook of Decentralisation in Europe /

This handbook provides an authoritative study of European decentralisation, taking into account, from a territorial perspective, the different political and administrative traditions in Europe (Continental, Anglo-Saxon and Ex-communist States) and the cleavages North-South and East-West. While in re...

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Group Author: Ruano de la Fuente, José Manuel; Profiroiu, Marius
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Political science
Comparative politics
Europe > Politics and government
Regionalism
Political Science and International Relations
European Politics
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32437-1
Summary: This handbook provides an authoritative study of European decentralisation, taking into account, from a territorial perspective, the different political and administrative traditions in Europe (Continental, Anglo-Saxon and Ex-communist States) and the cleavages North-South and East-West. While in recent decades most European countries have implemented devolution policies trying to tackle different political, social or bureaucratic problems, some others have instead regionalised their territory, applied federal or pseudo-federal reforms and strengthened the role of subnational governments. Th
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(XIX,278pages)
ISBN: 9783319324371
Index Number: JN1
CLC: D750.2
Contents: Introduction; Robert Savy, H l ne Pauliat, Michel S nimon -- Birds of the Same Feather: Federalism and Decentralisation in Germany; Dominic Heinz -- Federalism and Decentralisation in Belgium; Jean-Fran ois Husson, C line Mahieu, Caroline S gesser -- Functional Federalism in a Complex State. The Case of Spain; Jos M. Ruano -- Constitutional Reform and Territorial Organisation in Italy; Giuseppe Bettoni -- Fragmentation and Central Control : Competing Forces in a Disunited Kingdom; June Burnham -- Decentralisation in France: a Principle in Permanent Evolution; Agn s Sauviat -- The Irish Case:

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