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Taking Eco‐Social Risks Seriously: Explaining the Introduction of Compulsory Insurance for Natural Hazards

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Given the ongoing climate crisis, the frequency and severity of natural disasters are increasing. These events result in enormous reconstruction costs, pose a high burden on state budgets, and potentially drive homeowners into private insolvency.
Anne‐Marie Parth
wiley   +1 more source

Federalism and the welfare state: The German case [PDF]

open access: yes
The comparative welfare state research regularly highlights 'federalism' as a factor that has delayed welfare state development and sets clear 'limits to welfare state growth'. Yet, apparently German federalism goes together with one of the most generous
Manow, Philip
core  

The Capitol in the Classroom: Implementing the Common Core in an Era of Coercive Federalism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The increased prevalence of federal mandates and funding initiatives support the existence of coercive federalism. The Common Core State Standards Initiative is a notable example of a coercively implemented policy.
Constantine, Molly
core   +1 more source

The Local Politics of Social Investment Under Fiscal Constraints: The Case of Childcare Expansion in Germany

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Governments in many of the advanced economies expanded childcare, an exemplary social investment policy, in recent years. Yet, considerable regional variation exists in expansion efforts, and often the supply of childcare still does not match demand.
Erik Neimanns, Björn Bremer
wiley   +1 more source

Authority Versus Competition: Intergovernmental Interactions and Subnational Policy Adoption in Climate Policy

open access: yesReview of Policy Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the face of increasingly complex environmental challenges, subnational governments play a critical role in implementing climate policies. This study investigates how intergovernmental interactions—specifically formal authority interactions and informal competitive interactions—shape the adoption of climate policies by Chinese provincial ...
Shiming Zheng, Alex Jingwei He, Yujie He
wiley   +1 more source

Complexity Theory, Adaptation, and Administrative Law [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Recently, commentators have applied insights from complexity theory to legal analysis generally and to administrative law in particular. This Article focuses on one of the central problems that complexity.
Hornstein, Donald T.
core   +2 more sources

Beyond Groups? Consociational Culture and the Representation of Cross‐Segmental Interests

open access: yesSwiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract In deeply divided societies, consociational power‐sharing ensures representation for ethnonational groups but raises questions about cross‐segmental interests. This paper explores “consociational culture,” arguing that consociational systems create a form of political culture which incentivises the use of group‐based categories and identities ...
Patrizia John
wiley   +1 more source

What is a Multi‐Ethnic Party and How to Spot a Fake One?

open access: yesSwiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Multi‐ethnic parties have been variously defined: as those which do not champion the interests of, or mobilize against, any specific ethnic group; as those with a recognisably cross‐communal leadership or membership; and as those which acquire some distribution of support across groups.
Jon Fraenkel
wiley   +1 more source

A hidropolítica e o federalismo: possibilidades de construção da subsidiariedade na gestão das águas no Brasil? Hydropolitics and federalism: possibilities of building subsidiarity in Brazilian water management?

open access: yesRevista de Administração Pública, 2006
Este artigo pretende mostrar como a hidropolítica do país se relaciona com o federalismo brasileiro e como construir um modelo de subsidiariedade na gestão das águas no território nacional, considerando os 26 estados e os mais de 5.500 municípios e o ...
Sandra Inês Baraglio Granja   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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