Paolo Dardanelli
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View article: A francophone political culture? Similarities and differences among French speakers in Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, and France
A francophone political culture? Similarities and differences among French speakers in Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, and France Open
This paper explores whether language shapes political culture by examining the case of French and a possible transnational francophone political culture. Using original survey data from Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, and France collected in…
View article: Authoritarianism, democracy and de/centralization in federations: what connections?
Authoritarianism, democracy and de/centralization in federations: what connections? Open
What is the impact of democracy/authoritarianism regime change on de/centralization in federations? Based on the annual coding of three politico-institutional aspects, 22 policy fields, and five fiscal categories, this article maps de/cent…
View article: Helping hand or centralizing tool? The politics of conditional grants in Australia, Canada, and the United States
Helping hand or centralizing tool? The politics of conditional grants in Australia, Canada, and the United States Open
Conditional grant programs are widely used in federal systems to address the tension between decentralized policy provision and territorial equity, given constraints on constituent units' ability to raise revenues. While enhancing their fi…
View article: Dynamic Decentralization in Federations: Comparative Conclusions
Dynamic Decentralization in Federations: Comparative Conclusions Open
This article presents the conclusions of the project Why Centralization and Decentralization in Federations?, which analyzed dynamic decentralization in Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Switzerland, and the United States over their entir…
View article: Conceptualizing, Measuring, and Theorizing Dynamic Decentralization in Federations
Conceptualizing, Measuring, and Theorizing Dynamic Decentralization in Federations Open
This article develops a conceptual, methodological, and theoretical framework for analyzing dynamic de/centralization in federations. It first reviews the literature and outlines the research design and methods adopted. It then conceptuali…
View article: Conceptualizing, Measuring, and Mapping State Structures—with an Application to Western Europe, 1950–2015
Conceptualizing, Measuring, and Mapping State Structures—with an Application to Western Europe, 1950–2015 Open
This article addresses long-standing challenges in conceptualizing and measuring de/centralization in unitary and federal systems. It first outlines a novel conceptualization of de/centralization and its relation to the unitary/federal dis…
View article: Dynamic De/Centralization in Switzerland, 1848–2010
Dynamic De/Centralization in Switzerland, 1848–2010 Open
Part of the project Why Centralization and Decentralization in Federations?, this article studies dynamic de/centralization in Switzerland since 1848 and seeks to account for the patterns observed. It shows that, overall, there has been a …
View article: Restructuring the European State - Introduction and Conclusion
Restructuring the European State - Introduction and Conclusion Open
Since 1950, devolution reforms have been widespread across Western Europe, leading to constitutional transformation in Belgium, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom, as well as the potential for state breakup, as witnessed by independence …