Overview

Since the end of the Second World War, a set of democratic European countries have established a decentralized system of government based on federal or regional patterns. Some of these systems initially displayed an asymmetrical trend, however, some democracies have implemented a subsequent process of re-symmetrization that changes the structure and the legitimization of the previous political agreements. Charting the evolution of decentralization processes and asymmetries implemented in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Ukraine and the United Kingdom, leading international scholars illustrate which countries have evolved more symmetrically, why this is so and what the role of political actors in these processes have been. In doing so, each case study: - Examines the causes of the legal and constitutional asymmetries and the main political cleavages. - Analyses the main institutions, actors and factors that influence the political dynamics of the territorial debate. - Questions whether there is such a process of re-symmetrization - Presents the main actors in favour of the process of re-symmetrization and of maintaining the constitutional and legal asymmetries Written accessibly and contributing to key debates on federalism and asymmetry, Federalism beyond Federations appeals to academics, politicians, decision-makers and all those interested in the political problems facing modern democracies.

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Author:   Ferran Requejo ,  Nagel Klaus-Jürgen ,  Professor Soren Dosenrode
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781409409229

ISBN 10:   1409409228
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   23 December 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1: Decentralisation and Federal and Regional Asymmetries in Comparative Politics; 2: Why is Belgian Federalism Not More Asymmetrical?; 3: Political and Administrative Asymmetries in a Devolving United Kingdom; 4: Italy: Increasing Decentralisation, Decreasing Asymmetry 1; 5: The Erosion of Regional Powers in the Spanish ‘State of Autonomies'; 6: Devolution in the North Atlantic: The Case of the Faroe Islands; 7: The Åland Islands as a Continued Asymmetrical Feature of Finnish Governance – With Some Convoluted Tendencies of Resymmetrisation; 8: Devolution and Asymmetry in Russia; 9: The Crimean Conundrum; 10: Decentralisation and Asymmetries in Portugal; 11: The End of the Corsican Question?; 12: Conclusions: Asymmetries and Decentralisation Processes – Comparative Comments

Reviews

'This collection of incisive essays documents new processes of symmetrization in Europe and enrich the concept of asymmetry. Ferran Requejo and Klaus-Jurgen Nagel have assembled the best minds in the fields of comparative politics and political theory. Federalism beyond Federations might well be a groundbreaking work as it disentangles known dyads of symmetry and centralization and asymmetry and decentralization, and significantly deepens our knowledge of federal practices.' Alain-G. Gagnon, University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada 'The volume offers original and analytically rich insight into each country's decentralization process, with each contributor carefully examining the causes of resymmetrization... the processes described in this volume are exemplary and indicative of the next stage of European integration. The processes examined here, at the regional, national, and European level, speak to those of federal countries and multilevel systems more generally. In all, this volume demonstrates that some of the most innovative and stringent federalism research is developed in non-federal countries.' Publius: The Journal of Federalism

'This collection of incisive essays documents new processes of symmetrization in Europe and enrich the concept of asymmetry. Ferran Requejo and Klaus-JA1/4rgen Nagel have assembled the best minds in the fields of comparative politics and political theory. Federalism beyond Federations might well be a groundbreaking work as it disentangles known dyads of symmetry and centralization and asymmetry and decentralization, and significantly deepens our knowledge of federal practices.' Alain-G. Gagnon, University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada 'The volume offers original and analytically rich insight into each country's decentralization process, with each contributor carefully examining the causes of resymmetrization... the processes described in this volume are exemplary and indicative of the next stage of European integration. The processes examined here, at the regional, national, and European level, speak to those of federal countries and multilevel systems more generally. In all, this volume demonstrates that some of the most innovative and stringent federalism research is developed in non-federal countries.' Publius: The Journal of Federalism

Author Information

Ferran Requejo, Full professor, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia. Ferran Requejo, Wilfried Swenden, John Loughlin, Ugo Amoretti, Ramon Maiz, Anton Losada, Soren Dosenrode, Markku Suksi, Taras Kuzio, Carlos E. Pacheco Amaral, Ivan Serrano, Klaus-Jurgen Nagel.

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