Handbook of Territorial Politics

Edited by the late Klaus Detterbeck, formerly Senior Researcher, Institute of Political Science, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany and Eve Hepburn, Honorary Fellow at the University of Edinburgh’s Europa Institute, Founding Chief Executive of Fearless Femme and Founding Director of PolicyScribe, UK

• Contents: 1. Introduction to the Handbook of Territorial PoliticsEve Hepburn and Klaus DetterbeckPart I: Institutions, Actors and Ideas2. Rescaling the European State. A Constructivist and Political PerspectiveMichael Keating3. Federal, Devolved or Decentralized State – on the Territorial Architecture of PowerNathalie Behnke4. Challenges of Interdependence and Coordination in Federal SystemsNicole Bolleyer5. Multilevel GovernanceSimona Piattoni6. ‘Gendering’ Territorial PoliticsJill Vickers7. Decentralization as a Tool for Conflict ResolutionSoeren Keil and Paul AndersonPart II: Elections, Parties and Political Culture8. De-nationalization of Elections? Tracing the Developments in the Conceptualization and Measurement of the Nationalization of the VoteArjan H. Schakel9. Statewide Parties in Western and Eastern Europe: Territorial Patterns of Party Organizations Klaus Detterbeck and Eve Hepburn10. Ethno-Regionalist PartiesLieven de Winter, Marga Gomez and Peter Lynch11. Multilevel Party Competition: A Theory of Territorial ContagionEve Hepburn12. Political Careers and Territorial PoliticsKlaus Stolz13. Multiple Territorial Identities and Multi-Level PolitiesLuis Moreno14. Regional Citizenship in a System of Plural Memberships and Multilevel RightsLorenzo PiccoliPart III: Territorial Public Policies15. Education Policy in Canada and the United States: Dispersed Governance or Centralization?Sandra Vergari16. Health Policy and Territorial Politics: Disciplinary Misunderstandings and Directions for ResearchScott L. Greer17. Territorial Politics and Environmental Policy: A Comparison of Findings about Climate Change and Resource Management PoliciesSonja Wälti18. Immigration and Sub-State Nations: Researching the NexusIlke Adam19. Regions beyond the State: External Relations and ParadiplomacyMichaël Tatham20. Comparative Perspectives on the Territorial Politics of Fiscal Federalism: Canada, Australia, and the United States.Daniel Béland and André Lecours21. Territorial Politics and Economic DevelopmentJohn Agnew and Agostino Mantegna22. Territorial Reform Policies in Federal and Multilevel SystemsCésar ColinoPart IV: Geographical Perspectives23. Actor-Centered or Institutional Approaches in Europe and the US: Moving toward ConvergenceCarol S. Weissert and Kevin Fahey24. Comparative Territorial Politics in sub-Saharan AfricaJan Erk25. Territorial Politics in South Asia: Between Territorial Accommodation and MajoritarianismWilfried Swenden26. Territorial Politics and the Federal Frame in AustraliaNicholas Aroney and Campbell SharmanIndex

'For a long time neglected, territorial politics has become a wide, differentiated and dynamic area of contemporary social science. This Handbook containing excellent articles by renowned scholars provides a concise overview of relevant topics, approaches, findings and research prospects. It is a valuable compendium for students and academics.'--Arthur Benz, Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany'An odyssey through the kaleidoscope of territory, a journey to the essence of power and its organization. The most complete and updated anthology of territorial politics.'--Francesco Palermo, Institute for Comparative Federalism, Italy and IACFS