Regional and national elections in Western Europe : territoriality of the vote in thirteen countries /

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Imprint:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Description:	xvii, 329 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	The comparative territorial politics series Comparative territorial politics.
Subject:	Elections -- Europe, Western. Political parties -- Europe, Western. Elections. Political parties. Politics and government Europe, Western -- Politics and government. Europe, Western.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9858011

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Other authors / contributors:	Dandoy, Régis. Schakel, Arjan.
ISBN:	9781137025432 (hardback) 1137025433 (hardback)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"In the post-war era one of the most significant transformations in the democratic process throughout Western Europe has been the widespread introduction of regional elections. Symptomatic of this decentralization has been the shift of various legislative powers to regional governing bodies. As a result, electorates throughout Western Europe now have more opportunities to express their preferences and air their grievances across electoral arenas while the dynamics of electoral competition have become increasingly multifarious and complex. Voters can now use regional elections to articulate their discontent with the policies of the national government or can elect based on the political offer in the regional electoral arena. This book brings together leading experts on elections who analyze differences between regional and national electoral outcomes in thirteen West European countries between 1945 and 2011. It extends existing insights by providing new empirical evidence and by presenting alternative accounts for differences between the regional and national vote across Western Europe"--

Table of Contents:

List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Notes on Contributors
1. Introduction: Territoriality of the Vote: A Framework for Analysis
2. Austria: Regional Elections in the Shadow of National Politics
3. Belgium: Toward a Regionalization of National Elections?
4. Denmark: The First Years of Regional Voting after Comprehensive Reform
5. France: Regional Elections as 'Third-Order' Elections?
6. Germany: The Anatomy of Multilevel Voting
7. Greece: Five Typical Second-Order Elections despite Significant Electoral Reform
8. Italy: Between Growing Incongruence and Region-Specific Dynamics
9. The Netherlands: Two Forms of Nationalization of Provincial Elections
10. Norway: No Big Deal with Regional Elections?
11. Spain: The Persistence of Territorial Cleavages and Centralism of the Popular Party
12. Sweden: From Mid-term County Council Elections to Concurrent Elections
13. Switzerland: Moving toward a Nationalized Party System
14. The UK: Multilevel Elections in an Asymmetrical State
15. Conclusion: Regional Elections in Comparative Perspective
Bibliography
Index

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