Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction : the transformation of the democratic state in Western Europe / John Loughlin
  • pt. 1. Anglo-Saxon tradition
  • 2. United Kingdom : from hypercentralization to devolution / John Loughlin
  • 3. Ireland : from colonized nation to 'Celtic tiger' / John Loughlin
  • pt. 2. Germanic tradition
  • 4. Germany : federalism under strain / Udo Bullmann
  • 5. Austria : the end of proportional government? / Udo Bullmann
  • 6. Netherlands : reinventing tradition in local and regional democracy / Frank Hendriks
  • 7. Luxembourg : change and continuities in the local state / Frank Hendriks
  • pt. 3. Napoleonic tradition
  • 8. France : between centralization and fragmentation / John Loughlin and Daniel-L. Seiler
  • 9. Italy : the crisis of the second republic / John Loughlin
  • 10. Spain : nation, nationalities, and regions / Eliseo Aja
  • 11. Portugal : the difficulties of regionalization / John Loughlin
  • 12. Greece : between 'henosis' and decentralization / John Loughlin
  • 13. Belgium : federalism and subnational democracy in a divided country / Frank Hendriks
  • pt. 4. Scandinavian tradition
  • 14. Sweden : the end of the 'Swedish model'? / Anders Lidstrom
  • 15. Denmark : between Scandinavian democracy and neo-liberalism / Anders Lidstrom
  • 16. Finland : geo-political changes and Europeanization / Anders Lidstrom
  • pt. 5. Conclusions
  • 17. Conclusions : the transformation of regional and local democracy in Western Europe / John Loughlin.