In person icon Conflict, Contestation, and Crisis Management in Multilevel Systems

Abstract

In multilevel systems, the existence of several governments with different priorities, preferences, and capacities can result in political conflict and contestation. These dynamics are shaped by and shape the complex setting of multilevel systems and can particularly challenge the way different systems handle crises, where cooperation is generally seen as desirable. Against this background, this panel examines how conflict and cooperation shape territorial dynamics in different types of multilevel systems, including whether they strengthen or undermine their cohesion and their ability to produce effective policy responses, especially during crises. The papers in this panels approach this question from different perspectives, ranging from citizens to individual regions and the country level.

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To Enfranchise or Not to Enfranchise? - Citizens’ Attitudes Towards Foreigners’ Voting Rights in Germany	View Paper Details
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California’s paradiplomacy with the EU: navigating the relationship with the federal government	View Paper Details
Territorial Out-Group Prejudice Reduction Through Reciprocity	View Paper Details
What Determines the Responses of ‘Multi-Level’ States to Crises? A Set-Theoretical Analysis of Evidence from the Covid-19 Pandemic	View Paper Details