Handbook on Decentralization, Devolution and the State (Elgar Handbooks in Political Science) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1839103272 ISBN 13: 9781839103278

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021

Synopsis

Taking a multidisciplinary approach to the dynamics of political and economic decentralization in contemporary regimes, this comprehensive Handbook offers a critical examination of how the decentralization of governance affects citizen well-being.

Expert contributors provide an analysis of theoretical developments and empirical approaches in the study of decentralization, exploring how decentralization is conceptualized and measured. Chapters examine central topics including how the degree and type of decentralization varies over time and across countries, how political decentralization affects the behaviour of parties and voters, and the social and economic consequences of decentralizing power. Offering a comparative perspective, the Handbook utilizes insightful international case studies from Latin America, North America, Western Europe and Asia. Attention is also paid to the impact of the Great Recession of 2008 and the Covid-19 pandemic on intergovernmental relations.

This Handbook will be a valuable resource for scholars and students of political geography and geopolitics, regulation and governance, and international politics. It will also be useful for practitioners in these fields who are interested in decentralization.

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About the Author

Edited by Ignacio Lago, Professor, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1839103272
• ISBN 13: 9781839103278
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Lago Ignacio