Territory, Democracy and Justice brings together experts from six countries to ask what territorial decentralization does and what it means for democracy, policymaking and the welfare state. Integrated and international in a fragmented field, the chapters identify the importance and consequences of territorial decentralization. The authors analyze the successes, the generalizable ideas, and the international lessons in the study of comparative territorial politics as well as new directions for research.
Introduction; S.L.Greer Federalism and Social Justice: Thinking Through the Tangle; R.Simeon Social Citizenship and Federalism: Is a Federal Welfare State a Contradiction in Terms?; K.Banting Devolution and Social Citizenship: Which Society, Whose Citizenship?; C.Jeffrey The Changing Politics of Federalism in the United States; P.E.Peterson The Impact of Regional Governments; C.Dupuy and P.Le Gales The Adventure of Divergence: An Inquiry into the Preconditions for Institutional Diversity and Political Innovation after Political Decentralization; R.Sturm The Politics of Divergent Policy; S.L.Greer Multi-level Governance and Multi-level Discontent: The Triumph and Tensions of the Spanish Model; J.Subirats Origins of Cooperative and Competitive Federalism; R.L.Watts Intergovernmental Relations: In Search of a Theory; A.Trench Conclusion: Territorial Politics Today; S.L.Greer Bibliography
