Territory, Democracy and Justice: Regionalism and Federalism in Western Democracies

317 Pages·2006·1.254 MB·English

by  Scott L. Greer (eds.)

Territory, Democracy
and Justice
Regionalism and Federalism in Western
Democracies
Edited by
Scott L. Greer
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Territory,democracy,and justice :regionalism and federalism in
western democracies / edited by Scott L.Greer.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.Federal government – Case studies.2.Regionalism – Case studies.
3.Decentralization in government – Case studies.4.Political geography –
Case studies.5.Intergovernmental relations – Case studies.
6.Comparative government.I.Greer,Scott L.
JC355.T38 2005
321.02—dc22 2005050929
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06
Contents
List of Tables vii
List of Figures ix
List of Contributors x
Acknowledgments xiii
Terminology xiv
1 Introduction 1
Scott L. Greer
2 Federalism and Social Justice: Thinking Through the Tangle 18
Richard Simeon
3 Social Citizenship and Federalism: Is a Federal Welfare State a
Contradiction in Terms? 44
Keith G. Banting
4 Devolution and Social Citizenship: Which Society,
Whose Citizenship? 67
Charlie Jeffery
5 The Changing Politics of Federalism in the United States 92
Paul E. Peterson
6 The Impact of Regional Governments 116
Claire Dupuy and Patrick Le Galès
7 The Adventure of Divergence: An Inquiry into the
Preconditions for Institutional Diversity and Political
Innovation after Political Decentralization 139
Roland Sturm
8 The Politics of Divergent Policy 157
Scott L. Greer
9 Multi-level Governance and Multi-level Discontent: The
Triumph and Tensions of the Spanish Model 175
Joan Subirats
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10 Origins of Cooperative and Competitive Federalism 201
Ronald L. Watts
11 Intergovernmental Relations: In Search of a Theory 224
Alan Trench
12 Conclusion: Territorial Politics Today 257
Scott L. Greer
Bibliography 275
Index 299
List of Tables
3.1 Distribution of legislative responsibilities for income
security: federal and state/provincial governments 48
3.2 Interregional variation in health care: instruments and
outcomes 52
3.3 Regional variation in public health spending, federal and
non-federal states circa 1997 53
3.4 Regional variation in public attitudes on social policy,
Canada, 1951–75 62
3.5 Public preferences on jurisdiction over contributory
pensions, Canada, 1964 63
4.1 Fiscal equalisation in Germany (1995) 72
4.2 Constitutional preferences in Quebec (1995–2003) 75
4.3 Fiscal equalisation in Canada (2001) 75
4.4 Regional variations on the role of government in
Canada (2002) 76
4.5 Support for private services for health care in Canada,
2001–03 77
4.6 Left and Right in the UK (2003) 78
4.7 Policy attitudes in Great Britain 79
4.8 Trends in “forced choice” national identity
(1999–2003) 80
4.9 Moreno national identity (2003) 81
4.10 Constitutional preferences in Scotland and Wales (2003) 82
6.1 Discrepancy between the average figures of the
academiesand French average 134
6.2 Education spending among regions, 2003 135
7.1 Preconditions for institutional divergence 146
9.1 Legislative output by community (1980–2000) 181
9.2 Total number of public employees in the autonomous
communities with the highest level of competencies,
and ratio of inhabitants to each public employee 182
9.3 Formal links of public employees of the autonomous
communities 183
9.4 Policy domains considered to differentiate among
autonomous communities with a higher level of
competencies 184
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viii List of Tables
9.5 Citizen satisfaction with the autonomous system 187
9.6 Individual attitudes and behaviors relative to
public affairs 188
9.7 The associative fabric of the autonomous community:
index of coordination-cooperation associativity 189
9.8 Associative participation index, 1998 (factor score of
the first principal component on participation) 190
9.9 Autonomous community social capital 190
9.10 Level of development and socio-economic
modernization of the autonomous communities 191
9.11 Political governance of autonomous communities
1980/89–1998 (Governability index – factor
score – the least value corresponds to the greatest
political governance of the autonomous institutions) 192
List of Figures
6.1 Increase in interregional disparities of GDP per capita
between 1975 and 1996 (for Ile de France) 130
6.2 Uninterrupted decrease in interregional disparities of
raw available income per capita (1965–95,
inflation-adjusted francs) 131
6.3 GDP per capita and raw available income per capita in
Ile de France compared to French mean (100) 132
9.1 Classification of the autonomous communities with a
higher level of competencies according to the
substantive dimension of five policy domains 185
9.2 Classification of the autonomous communities with a
higher level of competencies according to the
operative dimension of five policy domains 186
9.3 From regionalism to new nationalism in Europe 199
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