Political Elites and Decentralization Reforms in the Post-Socialist Balkans: Regional Patronage Networks in Serbia and CroatiaSpringer, 11 ago 2015 - 231 páginas Across the globe, more powers are being devolved to local and regional levels of government. This book provides an innovative analysis of such decentralisation in transition states in the Balkans. Using new and rich data, it shows how political elites use decentralisation strategically to ensure their access to state resources. |
Índice
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2 A Framework for Studying Elite Access to Resources | 36 |
3 The Role of Institutional Legacies from Yugoslav Decentralization | 60 |
4 Access to Electoral Resources | 83 |
5 Information Exchange and Cooperation | 102 |
6 Access to Patronage Resources | 121 |
7 Conclusions | 152 |
Appendix | 176 |
Notes | 184 |
Bibliography | 199 |
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Political Elites and Decentralization Reforms in the Post-Socialist Balkans ... Alexander Kleibrink Vista previa restringida - 2015 |
Political Elites and Decentralization Reforms in the Post-Socialist Balkans ... Alexander Kleibrink Vista previa restringida - 2015 |
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access to electoral access to patronage actors Autonomous Province autonomy statute Balkans broker causal chain causal mechanism centre and periphery centre–periphery divide centre–periphery relations chapter coalition governments constitution context cooperation critical resources decen decentraliza decentralization reforms democratic distribution of patronage dominated economic elections electoral resources elite access elite agreements elite interaction elite networks elites and parties ethnic European expert formal framework groups important influence informal relations information exchange institutions Interviewee Istria Istrian Democratic Assembly Kosovo legacies minority national elites national level network analysis NSWPs Omnibus Law organizations outcomes patronage resources political elites political parties politicians politicization post-socialist process tracing public sector regional autonomy regional branch regional elites regional government regional level regionalist parties relevant republics Serbia and Croatia social social capital socialist Yugoslavia SOEs structures studies subnational SWPs territorial tion tralization transition societies trust uncertainty unitary decentralized Vojvodina vote share