Territorial Politics in Hard Times: The Welfare State under Pressure in Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom

摘要: The author argues that the design of decentralized political institutions shapes effect economic crisis on welfare state. He proposes a simple framework for understanding effects areas under responsibility regional governments: their responses and mediating will vary with financial system, degree input into central decisions, legal framework. Further, ways in which territorial channel pressures should lead to changing politics as relative resources credibility governments change. discusses influence Germany, Spain, UK. It is concluded Germany most likely proceed unchanged, Spain might see hardest landing due difficult finances many governments, devolution UK economically sustainable limits negative welfare-state but be politic...