Challenging the State: Devolution and the Battle for Partisan Credibility

Challenging the State: Devolution and the Battle for Partisan Credibility
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 277
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ISBN-10 : 9780199691579
ISBN-13 : 0199691576
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Book Synopsis Challenging the State: Devolution and the Battle for Partisan Credibility by : Sonia Alonso

Download or read book Challenging the State: Devolution and the Battle for Partisan Credibility written by Sonia Alonso and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do national governments implement devolution given the high risk that it will encourage peripheral parties to demand ever more devolved powers? The aim of Challenging the State is to answer this question through a comparative analysis of devolution in four European countries: Belgium, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom.


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