Borders and Margins: Federalism, Devolution and Multi-Level Governance

Abstract: The theory and concept of multi-level governance (MLG) is a fairly recent one, emerging from the deepening integration of the European Union in the early 1990s and the development of free trade agreements around the world. MLG enlarges the traditional approaches, namely those of neo-institutionalism and multinational federalism, by offering a better understanding of the role of the state, regions and provinces. The book analyses the changes that have taken place as well as those that might take place in the future. The concept of multilevel governance has been more in use in the recent literature because of its non-normative aspect but also because there are more actors involved in this process that goes beyond traditional central-regional-local government relationships. There is a growing interest in the academic literature on federalism in multilevel-multinational analyses and this book wants to enlarge the discussion on this issue. The academic literature has largely ignored how

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9783847410164
• Umfang: Online-Ressource, 300 S.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anmerkungen: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Politik

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Mannheim
• (wer): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
• (wann): 2018
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Opladen
• (wer): Barbara Budrich Publishers
• (wann): 2018
• Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen: Lachapelle, Guy ; Oñate, Pablo

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: 10.3224/84742025
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-78386-1
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 14.08.2025, 10:50 MESZ