Territorial Choice

Territorial Choice
Title Territorial Choice PDF eBook
Author H. Baldersheim
Publisher Springer
Pages 296
Release 2010-07-07
Genre Political Science
ISBN 0230289827

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This book presents the experiences of eleven European countries in the field of territorial reforms. Based on case-studies that outline the basic features of the politics of territorial choice in the respective countries, the focus is on national policies, politics, and cleavages; the strategies employed and the outcomes of the reforms.

Territorial Choice

Territorial Choice
Title Territorial Choice PDF eBook
Author Harald Baldersheim
Publisher Palgrave MacMillan
Pages 314
Release 2010-07-07
Genre History
ISBN

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Territorial Choice: Rescaling Governance in European States-- H.Baldersheim & L.E.Rose The Danish Revolution in Local Government: How and Why?-- P.E.Mouritzen Finnish Power-shift: The Defeat of the Periphery-- S.Sandberg The Swedish Model Under Stress: Waning of the Egalitarian, Unitary State?-- A.Lidstrom The staying Power of the Norwegian Periphery-- H.Baldersheim & L.Rose Larger and Larger? The Endless Search for Efficiency in the UK-- P.John Step-by-step: Territorial Choice in the Netherlands-- M.Boedeltje & B.Denters Multiple Choice: The Persistence of Territorial Pluralism in the German Federation-- M.Walter-Rogg France and its 36,000 Communes: An Impossible Reform?-- E.Kerrouche Italian Regionalism: A Semi-federation is Taking Shape -- or is it?-- M. Brunazzo Efficiency Imperatives in a Fragmented Polity: Reinventing Local Government in Greece-- P.Getimis & N.Hlepas Top-down or Bottom-up? Coping with Territorial Fragmentation in the Czech Republic-- M.Illner A Comparative Analysis of Territorial Choice in Europe -- Conclusions-- H.Baldersheim & L.E.Rose Bibliography.

Political Topographies of the African State

Political Topographies of the African State
Title Political Topographies of the African State PDF eBook
Author Catherine Boone
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 428
Release 2003-10-27
Genre Political Science
ISBN 9780521532648

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This study brings Africa into the mainstream of studies of state-formation in agrarian societies. Territorial integration is the challenge: institutional linkages and political deals that bind center and periphery are the solutions. In African countries, rulers at the center are forced to bargain with regional elites to establish stable mechanisms of rule and taxation. Variation in regional forms of social organization make for differences in the interests and political strength of regional leaders who seek to maintain or enhance their power vis-a-vis their followers and subjects, and also vis-a-vis the center.

The Territorial Peace

The Territorial Peace
Title The Territorial Peace PDF eBook
Author Douglas M. Gibler
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 205
Release 2012-09-13
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1107016215

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Douglas M. Gibler argues that threats to homeland territories force domestic political centralization within the state. Using an innovative theory of state development, he explains patterns of international conflict and democracy in the world over time.

Strong Borders, Secure Nation

Strong Borders, Secure Nation
Title Strong Borders, Secure Nation PDF eBook
Author M. Taylor Fravel
Publisher Princeton University Press
Pages 394
Release 2008-08-25
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1400828872

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As China emerges as an international economic and military power, the world waits to see how the nation will assert itself globally. Yet, as M. Taylor Fravel shows in Strong Borders, Secure Nation, concerns that China might be prone to violent conflict over territory are overstated. The first comprehensive study of China's territorial disputes, Strong Borders, Secure Nation contends that China over the past sixty years has been more likely to compromise in these conflicts with its Asian neighbors and less likely to use force than many scholars or analysts might expect. By developing theories of cooperation and escalation in territorial disputes, Fravel explains China's willingness to either compromise or use force. When faced with internal threats to regime security, especially ethnic rebellion, China has been willing to offer concessions in exchange for assistance that strengthens the state's control over its territory and people. By contrast, China has used force to halt or reverse decline in its bargaining power in disputes with its militarily most powerful neighbors or in disputes where it has controlled none of the land being contested. Drawing on a rich array of previously unexamined Chinese language sources, Strong Borders, Secure Nation offers a compelling account of China's foreign policy on one of the most volatile issues in international relations.

Indivisible Territory and the Politics of Legitimacy

Indivisible Territory and the Politics of Legitimacy
Title Indivisible Territory and the Politics of Legitimacy PDF eBook
Author Stacie E. Goddard
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 305
Release 2010
Genre History
ISBN 052143985X

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This book challenges the conventional wisdom that territorial conflicts in Jerusalem and Northern Ireland were inevitable. Stacie Goddard's research shows that it was radical political rhetoric, and not ancient hatreds, that rendered these territories indivisible, preventing negotiation and compromise and leading to violence and war.

Hearings

Hearings
Title Hearings PDF eBook
Author United States. Congress. House
Publisher
Pages 2386
Release 1957
Genre
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