Why Regions Matter: Small Worlds in Comparative Perspective by Ailsa Henderson

By Ailsa Henderson

Bringing jointly specialists on regionalism and federalism this assortment explores the impression of legislative areas on events and electorate. It displays at the 1980 ebook of Small Worlds through David Elkins and Richard Simeon, which defined how and why citizens and guidelines fluctuate throughout Canadian provinces. utilizing contemporary facts, the essays during this assortment offer a comparative re-assessment of the impression of regions.


The e-book explores angle divergence in Canada and within the US, the position and influence of neighborhood events in Quebec, Scotland and Bavaria, the influence of multi-level governance on how electorate comprehend and discharge their tasks and the capability of sub-state political platforms to steer basic political attitudes. the result's an empirical and analytical contribution to regionalism and federalism reports that demonstrates how and why areas matter.


This publication used to be released as a different factor of Regional and Federal Studies.

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