Public policy and federalism

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Public policy and federalism

edited by Dietmar Braun

Ashgate, c2000

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This text aims to improve knowledge on the impact of territorial organization of powers on policy-making from a comparative point of view. Case studies of six countries - federal and unitary states - establish the relationship between state structure (federal or unitary) on the one hand and policy formation and performance in regional and environmental policies on the other. It is revealed that we need more and more refined classification of the various forms of territorial division of powers in order to understand variations in policy performance.

Table of Contents

  • Territorial division of power and public policy-making - an overview
  • the territorial division of power in comparative public policy research - an assessment
  • Canada - dual and executive federalism, ineffective problem-solving
  • regional policy and energy policy in the light of Swiss federalism
  • regional policy in Germany - the European Union as the "great healer?"
  • living apart together - the Belgian intergovernmental co-operation in the domains of environment and economy
  • ambigiuous centralism and occasional "federalism by stealth" - Great Britain
  • the policy-making capabilities of a decentralized unitary state - the Dutch experience
  • concluding remarks.

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