Political decentralization is in vogue. However, it is not clear what political incentives central governments should have to give up authority. Thus, the question guiding this thesis is under what conditions and why central governments shift authority to subunits. The existing literature does not specify the cost-benefit calculus that could underlie such a decision, merely viewing decentralization as a reaction to increased demands for sub-national authority, which are believed to be the result of international trends such as Europeanization or globalization. Working with a sample of 42 industrial democracies that have been observed over a period of up to 40 years, I demonstrate that central governments pursue institutional reforms only un...
La décentralisation mène typiquement à la coexistence de plusieurs niveaux de gouvernement dans un d...
'This paper examines the impact that the process of enlargement may have on European Union instituti...
The European Union\u27s ongoing Convention on the Future of Europe must tackle a fundamental issue...
We explore the implications of European integration for scal decentralization in EU member states wi...
An arena in which the implications of increased subnational authority are particularly important is ...
Despite state resilience and the waning of the ‘Europe of the Regions’, European integration persis...
Administrative and political reforms since 1990 have given priority to decentralization at the commu...
International audienceFor supporters of devolution, the European Union is a means of by-passing the ...
Federal governments and unions of states face the fundamental task of allocating the creation and en...
The first wave of stateless nationalist mobilisation triggered decentralisation processes in severa...
During EU-level turbulence, even member states with decentralised coordination systems need to centr...
In the policymaking process of the European Community(EC), two countervailing forces interact with e...
International audienceIn this multidisciplinary work, thirty-two authors from thirteen different cou...
Presentation on department page: http://www.uia.no/no/portaler/om_universitetet/oekonomi_og_samfunns...
How does the prospect of EU accession a¤ect candidate members incentives to im-plement political an...
La décentralisation mène typiquement à la coexistence de plusieurs niveaux de gouvernement dans un d...
'This paper examines the impact that the process of enlargement may have on European Union instituti...
The European Union\u27s ongoing Convention on the Future of Europe must tackle a fundamental issue...
We explore the implications of European integration for scal decentralization in EU member states wi...
An arena in which the implications of increased subnational authority are particularly important is ...
Despite state resilience and the waning of the ‘Europe of the Regions’, European integration persis...
Administrative and political reforms since 1990 have given priority to decentralization at the commu...
International audienceFor supporters of devolution, the European Union is a means of by-passing the ...
Federal governments and unions of states face the fundamental task of allocating the creation and en...
The first wave of stateless nationalist mobilisation triggered decentralisation processes in severa...
During EU-level turbulence, even member states with decentralised coordination systems need to centr...
In the policymaking process of the European Community(EC), two countervailing forces interact with e...
International audienceIn this multidisciplinary work, thirty-two authors from thirteen different cou...
Presentation on department page: http://www.uia.no/no/portaler/om_universitetet/oekonomi_og_samfunns...
How does the prospect of EU accession a¤ect candidate members incentives to im-plement political an...
La décentralisation mène typiquement à la coexistence de plusieurs niveaux de gouvernement dans un d...
'This paper examines the impact that the process of enlargement may have on European Union instituti...
The European Union\u27s ongoing Convention on the Future of Europe must tackle a fundamental issue...