Beyond Federalism: Estimating and Explaining the Territorial Structure of Government

Hooghe, Liesbet; Marks, Gary

doi:10.1093/publius/pjs029

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“…That allowed for a comparative analysis unencumbered by the ideological baggage of federalism (Hooghe and Marks 2003). Students of MLG have also argued that political systems should not be classified as either unitary or federal, but rather placed on a continuum between these types (Hooghe and Marks 2013). Most importantly, MLG tries to break the link to the state -multilevel systems need not be states but can be located at the international level (Hooghe and Marks 2015).…”

Section: A Difficult Relationship: Eu Studies and Federalismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Federal challenges and challenges to federalism. Insights from the EU and federal states

Fossum

Jachtenfuchs

2017

Journal of European Public Policy

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The purpose of this collection is to discuss what we may learn from thinking about the EU in federal terms. Our point of departure is that this represents a two-fold challenge. It is on the one hand a matter of establishing 'how federal' the EU is (the EU's federal challenge). On the other, the EU has federal features but is not a state; thus raises the question of whether federal theory and practice may have to be adapted to take proper account of the EU (the EU's challenge to federalism). The contributions to this collection supplement and extend existing scholarship through focusing on two important lines of inquiry. The first focuses on the relationship between federalism and democracy, with particular emphasis on how federal systems respond to and deal with citizens' interests and concerns, within and outside the political system. Particular emphasis is placed on representation, in the process of federalization, and as a feature of established systems. The second line of inquiry places the emphasis on the relationship among the governments of federal systems. The focus is on intergovernmental relations, and the particular merits that emanate from studying these from a federal perspective.

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Section: A Difficult Relationship: Eu Studies and Federalismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Federal challenges and challenges to federalism. Insights from the EU and federal states

Fossum

Jachtenfuchs

2017

Journal of European Public Policy

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“…Die föderalistischen Strukturen prägen die Bereitstellung öffentlicher Güter massgeblich (Vatter 2018;Hooghe & Marks 2013;Watts 2008;Eichenberger & Frey 2006;Dafflon 2006;Tanner 1982;Frenkel 1977;Oates 1968). Anders ausgedrückt erklären föderal-strukturelle Faktoren nicht nur die Kompetenzverteilung der Staatsebenen, sondern gleichzeitig einen Teil der kantonalen Unterschiede in der Bereitstellung öffentlicher Güter.…”

Section: Erklärungsansätze Für Die Unterschiede Des Digitalisierungsgunclassified

Cyberföderalismus in der Schweiz: Befunde zur Digitalisierung kantonaler Verwaltungen

Schmid

Urben

Vatter

2018

Yearbook of Swiss Administrative Sciences

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Die Digitalisierung in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft schreitet schnell voran, jedoch fehlte bisher vergleichendes Wissen über den Digitalisierungsgrad der Schweizer Behörden auf den verschiedenen Staatsebenen. Die Kantone mit ihren umfassenden Kompetenzen in den meisten Politikfeldern sind besonders von dieser fehlenden Vergleichbarkeit betroffen. Wie unterscheiden sich die Dienstleistungen kantonaler Administrationen bezüglich ihres Digitalisierungsgrads und welches sind mögliche föderal-strukturelle Erklärungsfaktoren dafür? Zu erwarten ist insbesondere, dass Faktoren, welche die Produktion von öffentlichen Gütern und die Ausgestaltung der föderalistischen Strukturen in der Schweiz mitbestimmen, hohe Erklärungskraft besitzen. Im ersten Teil des Beitrags wird ein kantonaler Digitalisierungsindex hergeleitet und erhoben. Dafür wurden die aktuell erhältlichen Daten (Beobachtungszeitraum: Februar 2018) zu allen 26 Kantonen (Vollerhebung) gesammelt und ausgewertet, um generelle Aussagen zum Stand der Digitalisierung in den Schweizer Kantonen zu liefern. Konzeptionell eingebettet ist der Index im 'Digital Era Governance'-Ansatz (DEG) nach Margetts und Dunleavy (2013, 2005). Im zweiten Teil des Beitrags werden mittels Korrelationsanalyse eine Reihe von Faktoren zur explorativen Erklärung des Digitalisierungsgrads zwischen den Kantonen herbeigezogen. Dabei steht die Analyse der Beziehung des Index mit Föderalismusstruktur-Variablen sowie Faktoren zur Bereitstellung öffentlicher Güter im Vordergrund. Ergänzend zur Vollerhebung wurden Interviews mit Vertretern von E-Government, des Informatiksteuerorgans des Bundes (ISB) und der Kantone geführt. Als einzig relevante Erklärungsgrösse erweist sich der NFA-Ressourcenindex, ein Mass für die Finanzkraft der Bevölkerung und Wirtschaft eines Kantons, der in einem mittelstarken positiven Zusammenhang mit der Höhe des Digitalisierungsindex der Kantone steht.

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“…To compare multinational and uninational democracies while controlling for the level of public demand for local autonomy, we should compare only large, uninational states to multinational ones. Demand for local autonomy is higher in countries like Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina that are large either in terms of population or area (Hooghe & Marks 2013).…”

Section: Multinational Vs Uninational Developing Democraciesmentioning

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Secession Risk and Fiscal Federalism

Sorens

2015

Publius

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Why is fiscal federalism so often dysfunctional from an economic point of view? Particularly in the developing world, fiscally decentralized systems often lack hard budget constraints and an open, common market. This article argues that preventing secession can require fiscally deleterious institutions. Beyond the well-known device of "fiscal appeasement," central governments facing potential secessionist challenges try to hamstring regional tax collection and permit regional protectionism against goods and labor. While ethnic diversity has helped to preserve relatively robust forms of fiscal federalism in Canada and Switzerland, it has had the contrary effect in developing countries. Even among Western democracies, those governments unwilling to countenance secession are less likely to respond to secessionist challenges by decentralizing taxation powers. The political logic of decentralization may stymie efforts to reform decentralized institutions along the lines recommended by economists and the multilateral lending institutions. "The Catalan Government has sent another warning message about its lack of liquidity, which depends on the Spanish Executive's regular transfers since most of taxes [sic] are collected by Madrid-based services. The Spokesperson for the Catalan Executive and Minister for the Presidency, Francesc Homs, accused the Spanish Government of 'deliberate asphyxia' and asked the rest of the Catalan parties to 'pool together' to denounce the situation. According to Homs, such financial asphyxia will affect everything except salaries, which 'are guaranteed'.. . This situation started to occur when the Catalan Government began to support the self-determination process and the Spanish Government was fostering its recentralisation agenda" (CNA 2015).

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Beyond Federalism: Estimating and Explaining the Territorial Structure of Government

Cited by 88 publications

References 58 publications

Federal challenges and challenges to federalism. Insights from the EU and federal states

Federal challenges and challenges to federalism. Insights from the EU and federal states

Cyberföderalismus in der Schweiz: Befunde zur Digitalisierung kantonaler Verwaltungen

Secession Risk and Fiscal Federalism

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