Intergovernmental cooperation : rational choices in federal systems and beyond / Nicole Bolleyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bolleyer, Nicole.

Contributor:

European Consortium for Political Research.

Series:

Comparative politics (Oxford University Press)

Comparative politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Federal government.

Central-local government relations.

Decentralization in government.

Comparative government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over the past decades, governments have increasingly been confronted with problems that transcend their boundaries. A multitude of policy fields are affected, including environment, trade and security. Responding to the challenges triggered by Europeanization and globalization, governments increasingly interact across different spheres of authority. Both theoretically and empirically, the puzzle of institutional choice reflected by the variety of arrangements in whichintergovernmental cooperation takes place inside individual countries and across their borders remains surprisingly under-explor

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1. Intergovernmental Relations and the Puzzle of Institutional Choice; 2. A Rationalist Account of Intergovernmental Institution-Building; 3. Intergovernmental Institutionalization in Canada; 4. Intergovernmental Institutionalization in Switzerland; 5. Intergovernmental Institutionalization in the United States; 6. Intergovernmental Integration in Canada, Switzerland, and the United States; 7. Intergovernmental Institutions and the Nature of Intergovernmental Agreements

8. Rational Choices in Federal Systems and BeyondReferences; Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Published in association with ECPR.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612349010

0-19-157097-4

1-282-34901-5

OCLC:

500984574