Explaining party positions on decentralization
Debates about decentralization raise cultural questions of identity and economic questions of redistribution and efficiency. Therefore the preferences of statewide parties regarding decentralization are related to their positions on the economic and cultural ideological dimensions. A statistical anal...
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| description | Debates about decentralization raise cultural questions of identity and economic questions of redistribution and efficiency. Therefore the preferences of statewide parties regarding decentralization are related to their positions on the economic and cultural ideological dimensions. A statistical analysis using data from thirty-one countries confirms this: parties on the economic right are more supportive of decentralization than parties on the economic left, while culturally liberal parties favour decentralization more than culturally conservative parties. However, country context – specifically the degree of regional self-rule, the extent of regional economic disparity and the ideology of regionalist parties – determines whether and how decentralization is linked to the two dimensions. These findings have implications for our understanding of the politics of decentralization by showing how ideology, rooted in a specific country context, shapes the ‘mindset’ of agents responsible for determining the territorial distribution of power. |
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| spelling | nottingham-348822020-05-04T16:58:10Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34882/ Explaining party positions on decentralization Toubeau, Simon Wagner, Markus Debates about decentralization raise cultural questions of identity and economic questions of redistribution and efficiency. Therefore the preferences of statewide parties regarding decentralization are related to their positions on the economic and cultural ideological dimensions. A statistical analysis using data from thirty-one countries confirms this: parties on the economic right are more supportive of decentralization than parties on the economic left, while culturally liberal parties favour decentralization more than culturally conservative parties. However, country context – specifically the degree of regional self-rule, the extent of regional economic disparity and the ideology of regionalist parties – determines whether and how decentralization is linked to the two dimensions. These findings have implications for our understanding of the politics of decentralization by showing how ideology, rooted in a specific country context, shapes the ‘mindset’ of agents responsible for determining the territorial distribution of power. Cambridge University Press 2015-01-01 Article PeerReviewed Toubeau, Simon and Wagner, Markus (2015) Explaining party positions on decentralization. British Journal of Political Science, 45 (1). pp. 97-119. ISSN 1469-2112 http://journals.cambridge.org/article_S0007123413000239 doi:10.1017/S0007123413000239 doi:10.1017/S0007123413000239 |
| spellingShingle | Toubeau, Simon Wagner, Markus Explaining party positions on decentralization |
| title | Explaining party positions on decentralization |
| title_full | Explaining party positions on decentralization |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Explaining party positions on decentralization |
| title_short | Explaining party positions on decentralization |
| title_sort | explaining party positions on decentralization |
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