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    Concept, Causes, Consequences

    Series series Transformations in Governance
    This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. In Shared Rule in Federal Theory and Practice, Sean Mueller provides a new, in-depth treatment of shared rule, a crucial but so far largely neglected dimension of ... Read more

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  • Regionalist Parties in Western Europe

    Dimensions of Success

    Edited by Oscar Mazzoleni, Sean Mueller ...
    Series series Party Families in Europe
    Regionalist parties matter. Over the past 40 years, they have played an ever-larger role in West European democracies. Because of their relevance and temporal persistence, their achievements have increasingly become visible not only in electoral arena, but also as regards holding office and policy-making. Enhancing our understanding of these different dimensions of success, this book analyses ... Read more

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  • Swiss Democracy

    Possible Solutions to Conflict in Multicultural Societies

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This open access book provides an updated and fully revised 4th edition of this authoritative analysis of Swiss democracy. It particularly explains the institutions of federalism and consensus government through political power sharing. In this new edition, the authors also address several important changes and challenges that have affected Swiss democracy, including the country's relationship ... Read more

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    Teachers Unions and Education Systems around the World

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  • The Second Tier of Local Government in Europe

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    Series series Routledge Advances in European Politics
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    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe analyses the state of play of democracy at the subnational level in the 27 member states of the EU plus Norway and Switzerland. It places subnational democracy in the context of the distinctive Anglo, the French, the German and Scandinavian state traditions in Europe asking to what extent these are still relevant today. The Handbook ... Read more

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    Series series Routledge Research on Social and Political Elites
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