Handbook on Decentralization, Devolution and the State

Contents:

Preface xiv
1 Introduction to the Handbook on Decentralization, Devolution and the State 1
Ignacio Lago

PART I METHODS, DATA AND APPROACHES
2 Conceptualizing and measuring decentralization 9
Paolo Dardanelli
3 Exploring and explaining trends in decentralization 27
Arjan Schakel
4 Second-order elections and electoral democracy 52
Hermann Schmitt and Eftichia Teperoglou
5 Redistribution and equality: the role of the territorial conflict dimension 67
Francesc Amat and Emmy Lindstam
6 The political determinants of decentralization 91
Amuitz Garmendia

PART II DECENTRALIZATION IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
7 Decentralization and subnational politics in Latin America 115
Jorge Gordin
8 Decentralization and subnational politics in Asia 131
Sarah Shair-Rosenfield
9 Decentralization and subnational politics in North America 147
Raul A. Ponce Rodriguez
10 Decentralization and subnational politics in Western Europe 171
Caroline Gray, Ed Turner and Davide Vampa

PART III POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF DECENTRALIZATION
11 Attributions of responsibility in multilevel states 197
Sandra Leon and Ignacio Jurado
12 Decentralization and electoral accountability 213
Philip Charbonneau and Cameron D. Anderson
13 Territorial autonomy, ethnic conflict, and secession: between a rock and
a hard place? 236
Paul Anderson and Soeren Keil
14 Electoral behaviour in multilevel systems 255
Jean-Francois Daoust and Andre Blais

PART IV SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF
DECENTRALIZATION
15 Federalism and income inequality 270
Vassilis Tselios
16 A multidimensional analysis of the link between decentralization and
development 287
Gianpiero Torrisi
17 Social policy in decentralized countries 303
Hanna Kleider and Lucas Silva Lopes
18 Fiscal decentralization and governance quality: a review of the
literature and additional evidence 322
Andreas P. Kyriacou and Oriol Roca-Sagales
19 The Great Recession and the Great Lockdown: how are they shaping
intergovernmental relations? 347
Luiz de Mello

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• Estrutura e processos políticos
• Regionais políticas governamentais
• Governo regional

Intergovernmental relations; comparative federalism; multi-level governance; decentralizing power; national and regional identities; measures of decentralization