Party Politics of Decentralization

Linda Basile is Research Fellow at the Department of Social, Political, and Cognitive Sciences of the University of Siena, Italy. Her work has been published in Party Politics and Regional & Federal Studies.

• Chapter 1 - The Party Politics of Decentralization - Theory, Definitions, Research Design, and Methods.- Chapter 2 - Setting the Scene: The Direction and Pattern of Decentralization In Italy. Chapter 3 - Salience - Putting Decentralization on the Agenda: The Role of Political Parties.- Chapter 4 - Position - Sharp Conflict Or Shared Consensus?.- Chapter 5 - Frames - The Art of Justifying Preferences.- Concluding Remarks.

“The Party Politics of Decentralization: The Territorial Dimension in Italian Party Agendas by Linda Basile represents an insightful case study on the links between party competition and territorial reforms in Italy. … The Party Politics of Decentralization is a highly recommended read for researchers and students of party politics, and readers fond of quantitative text analysis.” (Patrick Utz, Regional & Federal Studies, October, 26, 2018)