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accountability
Cantonal Party
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Central Government
Centre Periphery Dimension
CHES Data
citizen preferences
comparative federalism
decentralisation
decentralisation effects
democratic representation
democratic responsiveness
Dummy Variable
Economic Voting
Electoral Budget Cycles
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Ethnoregionalist Parties
EU Cohesion Policy
EU Funding
EU Issue
EU Level
EU Regional Policy
Extra-state Channel
Legislative Careers
multi-level democracies
multi-level governance analysis
Multi-level Systems
Online Appendix
party system fragmentation
Policy Congruence
political accountability
public policy implementation
regional democracies
Regional EU Funding
Regional Executive
Regional Manifestos
regional political institutions
regionalisation
Regionalist Parties
representation
Responsibility Attribution
State Wide Parties
Vertical Fiscal Imbalance
West European Politics

Product details

  • ISBN 9780367195755
  • Weight: 760g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 08 May 2019
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Description

This comprehensive volume studies the vices and virtues of regionalisation in comparative perspective, including countries such as Belgium, Germany, Spain, and the UK, and discusses conditions that might facilitate or hamper responsiveness in regional democracies. It follows the entire chain of democratic responsiveness, starting from the translation of citizen preferences into voting behaviour, up to patterns of decision-making and policy implementation.

Many European democracies have experienced considerable decentralisation over the past few decades. This book explores the key virtues which may accompany this trend, such as regional-level political authorities performing better in understanding and implementing citizens’ preferences. It also examines how, on the other hand, decentralisation can come at a price, especially since the resulting multi-level structures may create several new obstacles to democratic representation, including information, responsibility and accountability problems.

This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal West European Politics.
About

Thomas Däubler is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research, Germany. He studies electoral systems, party competition and legislative politics. His work has been published in journals including the European Journal of Political Research, Journal of Politics, and Legislative Studies Quarterly.

Jochen Müller is Assistant Professor in Political Sociology at the University of Greifswald, Germany. His research interests include legislative behaviour, government formation and party competition. His work has been published in journals including Electoral Studies, European Union Politics, Political Analysis, and Regional Studies.

Christian Stecker is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research, Germany. His research focuses on party competition and legislative politics. His work has been published in journals including the European Journal of Political Research, Political Analysis, West European Politics, and Party Politics.