Challenging the state
Subtitle: devolution and the battle for partisan credibility : a comparison of Belgium, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom
By: Sonia Alonso
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199691579
Subjects: Electoral geography; Decentralization in government; Case studies; Political parties; Elections
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The centre-periphery conflict and two paradoxes; title: Centre-periphery party competition; title: Political devolution and credibility constraints; title: Parties and voters in two dimensions: a first examination of the landscape; title: The emergence of a peripheral party threat; title: Devolution: making electoral moves credible; title: State parties' electoral strategies after devolution; title: Peripheral parties' electoral strategies after devolution; title: Conclusions.