How Centralized Federations Avoid Over-centralization
In: Regional & federal studies, Band 21, Heft 1, S. 35-54
ISSN: 1743-9434
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In: Regional & federal studies, Band 21, Heft 1, S. 35-54
ISSN: 1743-9434
In: Regional and federal studies, Band 21, Heft 1, S. 35-54
ISSN: 1359-7566
In: Publius: the journal of federalism, Band 39, Heft 2, S. 314-314
ISSN: 0048-5950
In: Publius: the journal of federalism, Band 39, Heft 2
ISSN: 1747-7107
The article presents a case of successful constitutional change in Switzerland, the "re-assignment of responsibilities between the federal government and the cantons and the new fiscal equalization scheme," which was adopted in 2004 by referendum. By starting from the general assumption that ways and means are needed to strengthen general interests at the expense of distributive interests in constitutional discussions, the article endeavors to identify favorable conditions for successful constitutional change. By using insights from "constitutional political economy" and "actor-centered institutionalism," four such conditions are revealed: the procedural separation of problem solving and bargaining interaction modes; the importance of ideational factors like "frames," "causal theories," and focal points; active agenda-crafting; and the structuring of constitutional debates by earlier decisions. In addition, this article highlights that other conditions, more directly linked to interest and interest struggle, can help to mitigate the intensity of distributive conflicts and are therefore indirectly conducive to a problem-solving interaction orientation of actors. Adapted from the source document.
In: Publius: the journal of federalism, Band 39, Heft 2, S. 314-340
ISSN: 0048-5950
In: Science and public policy: journal of the Science Policy Foundation, Band 35, Heft 4, S. 227-239
ISSN: 1471-5430
In: Science and public policy: journal of the Science Policy Foundation, Band 35, Heft 4, S. 289-298
ISSN: 1471-5430
In: Acta politica: AP ; international journal of political Science, Band 43, Heft 1, S. 4-25
ISSN: 1741-1416
In: Acta politica: AP ; international journal of political science ; official journal of the Dutch Political Science Association (Nederlandse Kring voor Wetenschap der Politiek), Band 43, Heft 1, S. 4-25
ISSN: 0001-6810
In: Zeitschrift für Staats- und Europawissenschaften: ZSE ; der öffentliche Sektor im internationalen Vergleich = Journal for comparative government and European policy, Band 5, Heft 2
ISSN: 1612-7013
In: Zeitschrift für Staats- und Europawissenschaften: ZSE ; der öffentliche Sektor im internationalen Vergleich = Journal for comparative government and european policy, Band 5, Heft 2, S. 235-262
ISSN: 1610-7780
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In: Zeitschrift für Staats- und Europawissenschaften: ZSE ; der öffentliche Sektor im internationalen Vergleich = Journal for comparative government and european policy, Band 5, Heft 2, S. 235-262
ISSN: 1610-7780
In: Swiss political science review: SPSR = Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft = Revue suisse de science politique, Band 12, Heft 2, S. 1-36
ISSN: 1424-7755
This article investigates Australia's economic success since the 1990s. As this was set in motion by fundamental political reforms, it asks to what extent Australian-type federalism has been an important factor in the reform process. By using two approaches - the market-preserving federalism approach of Weingast, which stresses the virtues of "limited government", decentralisation and competition together with the intergovernmental coordination approach of Scharpf which argues for a "problem-solving" orientation of territorial actors -, the structure of Australian federalism, changes in the working of the federal system in the 1990s, and effects on policy-making are scrutinised. The article demonstrates that a particular combination of a rather centralised federal structure and a particular type of intergovernmental coordination, i.e. collaboration, supplemented by the strong influence of new public management ideas, has been conducive to political reforms in Australia. This suggests that a decentralised and competitive version of federalism, as defended by Weingast, is not a necessary condition for embarking on a successful reform path in federal countries. In future research, both approaches or analytical dimensions should be used in order to better understand the relationship of intergovernmental relations and policy reforms. (Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft / FUB)
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In: Swiss political science review, Band 12, Heft 2, S. 1-36
In: Melbourne journal of politics: MJP, Band 31, S. 8-35
ISSN: 0085-3224