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Challenging the state devolution and the battle for partisan credibility : a comparison of Belgium, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom

Title
Challenging the state [electronic resource] : devolution and the battle for partisan credibility : a comparison of Belgium, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom / Sonia Alonso.
Author
Alonso, Sonia.
Publication
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

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Description
1 online resource (xiv, 262 p.) : ill.
Series Statement
Comparative politics
Uniform Title
  • Challenging the state (Online)
  • Comparative politics (Oxford University Press)
Alternative Title
Challenging the state (Online)
Subject
  • Decentralization in government > Europe > Case studies
  • Political parties > Europe > Case studies
  • Elections > Europe > Case studies
  • Electoral geography > Europe > Case studies
Note
  • "ECPR."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
The centre-periphery conflict and two paradoxes -- Centre-periphery party competition -- Political devolution and credibility constraints -- Parties and voters in two dimensions: a first examination of the landscape -- The emergence of a peripheral party threat -- Devolution: making electoral moves credible -- State parties' electoral strategies after devolution -- Peripheral parties' electoral strategies after devolution -- Conclusions.
LCCN
2012006934
OCLC
ssj0000681152
Author
Alonso, Sonia.
Title
Challenging the state [electronic resource] : devolution and the battle for partisan credibility : a comparison of Belgium, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom / Sonia Alonso.
Imprint
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Edition
1st ed.
Series
Comparative politics
Comparative politics (Oxford University Press)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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