Madison in Baghdad
Decentralization and Federalism in Comparative Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6233035 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Erik Wibbels (0009-0007-6723-3414, University of Washington, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 165-188 |
| Publication date | 2006-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annual Review of Political Science (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-2939 • E-ISSN: 1545-1577 |
| Publisher | Annual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1146/annurev.polisci.9.062404.170504 |
| OpenAlex | W2110261782 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 59 |
| References cited | 88 |
Research on comparative decentralization and federalism is a booming industry. Recent research integrates insights from political science, economics, and economic history in emphasizing the importance of incentives for the operation of decentralized government. Such work has focused particular attention on fiscal, representative, and party institutions. In reviewing the past decade's research, I make two arguments. First, the comparative research on decentralization and federalism provides a model for how comparative politics can address some of the most profound questions in social thought by focusing on a theoretically and empirically tractable aspect of governance. Second, although the research addresses many of the key questions in comparative politics, it also struggles with some of the same problems and challenges as comparative politics writ large, particularly the issue of institutional endogeneity. Attention to endogeneity is central to better understanding the workings of decentralized governments and providing less facile policy recommendations for the reform of places as diverse as the United States and Iraq
Comparative politics · Comparative research · Corporate governance · Decentralization · Economics · Endogeneity · Federalism · fiscal federalism · Government (linguistics · Incentive · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Writ · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Public Administration
Does Competition for Capital Discipline Governments? Decentralization, Globalization, and Public Policy
The Political Geography of Inequality
Governance in managing public health resources in Brazilian municipalities
The Dynamics of External Political Efficacy in the 2020 Kaohsiung and 2021 Busan Mayoral By-Elections
Why Quality Matters
Has decentralization delivered on its promises in Pakistan? A citizens’ perspective
Fiscal Federalism Amid Institutional Weakness
The Lesson from the Modern American Federalism
Explaining political decentralization in parliamentary democracies
Decentralization in Asia
Federalism and Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa
Public policy in multi-level systems
Appendix C
Paths and Constraints of Subnational Government Mobilization in East-Central Europe
Beyond Identities
When Decentralization Leads to Recentralization
Elaborating institutional arrangements to better enhance sustainable crop intensification in Uganda
Unpacking the Effect of Decentralized Governance on Routine Violence
Beyond “Good Governance”
Political trust, risk preferences, and policy support
The Politics of Federalism in Argentina and its Implications for Governance and Accountability
Does decentralization boost electoral participation? Revisiting the question in a non-western context
Political decentralisation and the spatial distribution of infant mortality in less developed nations
Decentralization after the Great Recession
Facilitating Development
The Political Economy of Decentralization Reforms
Beyond Marble Cakes and Picket Fences
Análisis de diseño de políticas nacionales concurrentes desde la perspectiva del federalismo
Applying Insights from China
Elite Capture
Decentralization Without Democracy
Attributing blame
Government Fragmentation and Public Goods Provision
Party Competition and Preferences for Inter-regional Redistribution in Spain
On the Local Politics of Administrative Decentralization
Gendered Governance
How Institutional Culture Trumps Tier Effects
Recognition of innovation and diffusion of welfare policy
How global performance assessments shape attitudes toward government decision‐making
A general theory of power concentration
Federal dynamics in times of economic and financial crisis
Corruption and support for decentralisation
Redistribution in a political union
New Structuralism and Institutional Change
Relative Capture
The Ethnicity–Policy Preference Link in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Legislative Dynamics of Political Decentralization in Parliamentary Democracies
Comparing Law-Making Activities in a Quasi-Federal System of Government
Does Efficiency Shape the Territorial Structure of Government
Are Transfer-Dependent Governments More Creditworthy? Reassessing the Fiscal Federal Foundations of Subnational Default Risk
The Origins of Patronage Politics
Integrating Devolution with Centralization
African Patrimonialism in Historical Perspective
Spatial analysis of bureaucrats' attempts to resist political capture in a developing democracy
Go East, Young Cadre
State of mind
Articulações intrapartidárias e desempenho eleitoral no Brasil
The Impact of Recentralization on Public Services
Federalism and Governability in Brazil
The power to tax
Fiscal Institutions and Fiscal Performance
Federalism and Democracy in Latin America
The Size of Nations
Federalism and the Market
Designing Federalism
Ambition, Federalism, and Legislative Politics in Brazil
Why Parties?
The Nationalization of Politics
Debt Wish
Federalism, Fiscal Authority, and Centralization in Latin America
Does Competition for Capital Discipline Governments? Decentralization, Globalization, and Public Policy
Centralized versus decentralized provision of local public goods
State corroding federalism
The Breakup of Nations
Trade and Circuses
Democracy and the Market
The Formation of National Party Systems
Federalism and Territorial Cleavages
Subversive Institutions
Federalism and the Welfare State
Politics Beyond the Capital
After the Deluge
State Government and Economic Performance
Decentralized Governance, Constitution Formation, and Redistribution
Politics, institutions, and fiscal performance in a federal system
Flexible production and political decentralization in the developing world
Federalism and low-maintenance constituencies
Sizing Up the Senate
Debt Wish
Federal Fiscal Constitutions
A Pure Theory of Local Expenditures
The Political Economy of Benefits and Costs
Federalism and Ethnic Conflict in Nigeria
Federalism and Democracy
Fiscal Games and Public Employment
Federalism, Chinese Style
Federalism and Central bank Independence
The Populist Road to Market Reform
Beyond the Fiction of Federalism
Fiscal Decentralization
The Gubernatorial Coattails Effect
Electoral Politics as a Redistributive Game
Electoral Accountability in a Federal System
The Nationalization of Parties and Party Systems
Suppressing Shays' Rebellion
Reviving Leviathan
Comparative Federalism and Decentralization
Assessing the Consequences of Electoral Democracy
Do Party Systems Count
Bailouts, Budget Constraints, and Leviathans
Back Rooms or Ballot Boxes
Party Identification, Retrospective Voting, and Moderating Elections in a Federal System
The Subnational Politics of Economic Adjustment
Electoral Rules and Electoral Coordination
The Dilemma of Fiscal Federalism
Intergovernmental Political Competition in American Federalism
Ethnic Heterogeneity, District Magnitude, and the Number of Parties
Political Decentralization and Electoral Accountability
The Value of a Vote
Incentives to cultivate a personal vote
Rethinking Federalism
Equal Votes, Equal Money
Divided Government, Fiscal Institutions, and Budget Deficits
Coordination and Policy Moderation at Midterm
A Theory of Endogenous Institutional Change
Bargaining in Bicameral Legislatures
American Political Parties and the American System
Institutions, the Economy, and the Dynamics of State Elections
Decentralization and Inflation
Determinants of the Outcomes of Midterm Congressional Elections
On the Vote-Purchasing Behavior of Incumbent Governments
Presidential Coattails and Midterm Losses in State Legislative Elections
| Unique citing works | 59 |
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| Citations per year | 2,81 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2026 (22) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 59 |