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1st Edition

Tensions in the Territorial Politics of Western Europe

Edited By R. A. W. Rhodes, Vincent Wright Copyright 1987
178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge
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Tensions in the Territorial Politics of Western Europe (1987) examines the massive postwar increase in European government intervention, a major element being the development of welfare services provided by sub-central units of government. Governments have faced the dilemma of being electorally accountable for services delivered through differentiated, disaggregated policy systems. The... Read more

1. Introduction R.A.W. Rhodes and Vincent Wright  2. Territorial Politics in the United Kingdom: the Politics of Change, Conflict and Contradiction R.A.W. Rhodes  3. France: the Construction and Reconstruction of the Centre, 1945–86 Yves Mény  4. The Federal Republic of Germany: From Co-operative Federalism to Joint Policy-making Joachim Jens Hesse  5. Italy: Territorial Politics in the Postwar Years – the Case of Regional Reform Robert Leonardi, Raffaella Y. Nanetti and Robert D. Putnam  6. The Netherlands: A Decentralised Unitary State in a Welfare Society Theo A.J. Toonen  7. Ireland: the Interplay of Territory and Function T.J. Barrington  8. The West European State: the Territorial Dimension L.J. Sharpe

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R.A.W. Rhodes and Vincent Wright

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