Between Deadlock and Decentralization: Bargaining Dynamics in Federal States

被引:1
作者
Biela, Jan [1 ]
Hennl, Annika [2 ]
Zons, Gregor [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Lausanne, Inst Etud Polit & Int, Lausanne, Switzerland
[2] Goethe Univ Frankfurt, Dept Social Sci, Gruneburgpl 1,Postfach 40, D-60629 Frankfurt, Germany
[3] Univ Cologne, Cologne Ctr Comparat Polit, Dept Polit Sci, Cologne, Germany
关键词
Bargaining; decentralization; deadlock; federalism; Switzerland;
D O I
10.1080/13597566.2014.915810
中图分类号
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要
A classic way to meet regionally diverse interests is to grant partial autonomy to subnational entities, either by assigning them the right to decide upon policies (federalism), to implement policies (decentralization), or both. This article argues and formally elaborates that central governments may intentionally choose to increase decentralization in an effort to facilitate agreements that otherwise would be deadlocked. In this regard, a central government's decision to promote decentralization depends on its own relative valuation of policy change and congruence. We illustrate the empirical validity of our argument with a case study pertaining to the Swiss New Regional Policy.
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页码:505 / 525
页数:21
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