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The architecture of government : rethinking political decentralization
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In this article, the authors propose a decentralization approach based on checks, balances, and freedom, where data to the rescue is used to solve the problem of ethnic conflict and secession.Abstract:
1. Introduction 2. The political process 3. Administrative efficiency 4. Competition among governments 5. Fiscal policy and redistribution 6. Fiscal coordination and incentives 7. Citizens and government 8. Checks, balances, and freedom 9. Acquiring and using knowledge 10. Ethnic conflict and secession 11. Data to the rescue? 12. Conclusion: rethinking decentralization.read more
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Electoral Competition as a Determinant of Fiscal Decentralisation
Mario Jametti,Marcelin Joanis +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors empirically investigated the underlying causes of fiscal decentralization, based on the predictions of a simple political economy model, and found that the likeliness that a central government engages in devolution of powers depends in important ways on the political forces that it faces, the main insight being that the central government's electoral strength should, all else being equal, decrease that government's share of spending.
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The Case for Conceptual Dichotomies in Comparative Federalism: Can Political Science Learn from Comparative Constitutional Law?
TL;DR: In this article, a new methodology of classifying territorial state forms, based on the distribution of rulemaking authority, is operationalized through adjusted parameters that are tested by means of a re-classification of selected countries according to a new dichotomy and to subtypes reflecting the status of territorial layers within the state.
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Diversity under Stress: exploring the effect of the independence referendum process on political attitudes towards immigration in sub-state nationalist regions
TL;DR: This paper examined the link between independence referenda and minority nationalist discourse on immigration in Quebec, Catalonia, and Scotland, and demonstrated that the referendum period acts as lock-in mechanism that secures minority nationalist discourses toward immigration.
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Decentralization of Development and Nation-Building Today: Reconstructing Colombia from the Margins of Bogotá
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the relationship between development and sovereign consolidation through the multiplication of levels of governance and the creation of increasingly smaller, more accountable sub-national jurisdictions in Third World states.
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