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Comparative Territorial Politics in Multilevel States: Citizens, Voters, and Political Actors

Comparative Politics
Federalism
Government
Political Competition
Political Parties
Regionalism
Voting Behaviour
Policy-Making
S12
Arjan H. Schakel
Universitetet i Bergen

Endorsed by the ECPR Standing Group on Federalism and Regionalism


Abstract

The political interplay between the central state and different forms of sub-state levels of government has been increasingly theorised and empirically analysed in the last couple of years. Strong support for national movements, such as in Catalonia, Corsica, or Scotland, as well as problems due to the way countries have been decentralized (such as in Belgium or Ethiopia) have gained scholarly attention. The current COVID-19 pandemic has put the spotlight even more on institutional commonalities and differences, but also on the varying ways political elites in decentralised or federalised countries try to handle this crisis. Furthermore, recent research takes a close look at citizens’ and voters’ reactions and assignments of responsibilities regarding political elites’ handling of the pandemic. In various countries, such as Austria, Germany, or Switzerland, one explanation for lower numbers of vaccination compared to other countries are attributed to specific factors related to territorial politics. Territorial politics is about the effects of the territorial structure of the state on issues such as citizens’ attitudes towards multilevel government, voting behaviour and accountability, public policy, and the distribution of resources between levels and across territorial units. The aims of this section are to explain and interpret the latest developments in territorial politics and policies of multilevel countries. To do so, we encourage a pluralism of academic disciplines, theoretical approaches, and methodological tools.
Code Title Details
P223 Intergovernmental relations View Panel Details
P247 Legitimacy in multilevel governance systems View Panel Details
P249 Legitimate Crisis Governance in Multilevel Political Systems View Panel Details
P305 Party ideology in multilevel electoral systems View Panel Details
P308 Party strategies in multilevel electoral systems View Panel Details
P329 Political elites and their subnational strategies View Panel Details
P330 Political institutions in multilevel governance systems View Panel Details
P356 Public opinion and voting in multilevel governance systems View Panel Details
P379 Regional Nationalism View Panel Details
P411 Territorial politics and policy View Panel Details