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Decentralization and the Nationalization of Party Systems

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  • Ignacio Lago-Peñas

    (Department of Political and Social Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain)

  • Santiago Lago-Peñas

    (Research in Economics, Business and the Environment, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona, and University of Vigo, Campus Universitario, 32004 Ourense, Spain)

Abstract

On the basis of a sample of 227 elections in seventeen Western European countries over the period 1945–98, we examine to what extent party systems are shaped by fiscal and political decentralization. With the exception of a few special cases, empirical evidence does not support the existence of a robust relationship between the degree of decentralization and the nationalization of party systems.

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  • Ignacio Lago-Peñas & Santiago Lago-Peñas, 2011. "Decentralization and the Nationalization of Party Systems," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 29(2), pages 244-263, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirc:v:29:y:2011:i:2:p:244-263
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    1. Santiago Lago-Peñas & Jorge Martinez-Vazquez & Agnese Sacchi, 2022. "Country performance during the Covid-19 pandemic: externalities, coordination, and the role of institutions," Economics of Governance, Springer, vol. 23(1), pages 17-31, March.
    2. Jorge Martinez-Vazquez & Santiago Lago-Peñas & Agnese Sacchi, 2017. "The Impact Of Fiscal Decentralization: A Survey," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 31(4), pages 1095-1129, September.
    3. Grigorii V Golosov, 2016. "Party system nationalisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Empirical evidence and an explanatory model," International Area Studies Review, Center for International Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, vol. 19(3), pages 231-248, September.

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