The Rise of Regional Authority: A Comparative Study of 42 Democracies

by Liesbet Hooghe, Gary Marks, Arjan H. Schakel, et al.

Book Overview

Most countries around the globe have one or two levels of regional or intermediate government, yet we have little systematic idea of how much authority they wield, or how this has changed over time.

This book measures and explains the formal authority of intermediate or regional government in 42 advanced democracies, including the 27 EU member states. It tracks regional authority on an annual basis from 1950 to 2006. The measure reveals...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415578361
• ISBN13: 9780415578363
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"