Carlos Gervasoni

Hybrid Regimes Within Democracies

Fiscal Federalism and Subnational Rentier States

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A cutting-edge description of subnational democracy combined with a ground breaking explanation for why some regions are much less democratic than others.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: European Community
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 160mm x 239mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781316510735
• ISBN-10: 1316510735
• Artikelnr.: 52961279

Autorenporträt

Carlos Gervasoni is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina. His articles have appeared in journals such as Comparative Political Studies, Democratization, Party Politics, Política y Gobierno, and World Politics. He is a Regional Manager for the Varieties of Democracy project, and a member of the 2015 Argentine Panel Election Study research team. His research on subnational regimes has been supported by a National Science Foundation award.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Description: The Anatomy and Evolution of Subnational Regimes: 1.
Defining and measuring subnational regimes; 2. The subnational democracy
index: trends in provincial regimes (1983-2015); 3. Expert survey evidence:
the many dimensions of subnational democracy; Part II. Explanation: The
Causes of Subnational Regimes: 4. On the rentier effects of fiscal
federalism on subnational regimes; 5. Fiscal federalism, subnational
rentierism, and hybrid provincial regimes in Argentina; 6. The determinants
of provincial regimes in Argentina; Part III. Comparison: Subnational
Regimes around the World: A Comparative Perspective: Levels of subnational
democracy in seven federations and one unitary country; Conclusion.