Challenging the state : devolution and the battle for partisan credibility : a comparison of Belgium, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom /

Why do national governments implement devolution given the high risk that it will encourage peripheral parties to demand ever more devolved powers? The aim of 'Challenging the State' is to answer this question through a comparative analysis of devolution in four European countries: Belgium...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Alonso, Sonia
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Series:	Comparative politics (Oxford University Press)
Subjects:	Decentralization in government. Decentralization in government > European Union countries. State, The. État. Decentralization in government State, The European Union countries Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

The centre-periphery conflict and two paradoxes
Centre-periphery party competition
Political devolution and credibility constraints
Parties and voters in two dimensions: a first examination of the landscape
The emergence of a peripheral party threat
Devolution: making electoral moves credible
State parties' electoral strategies after devolution
Peripheral parties' electoral strategies after devolution
Conclusions.