Description
Book SynopsisThis book presents a comparative perspective on the new dynamics of electoral competition following devolution to Scotland and Wales. It offers the first discussion of multi-level electoral dynamics in other western democracies thud proposing how electoral competition might develop in the devolved institutions of Scotland and Wales.
Table of ContentsA framework for analysis
1. An introduction to multi-level electoral competition – Charlie Jeffery and Dan Hough
2. Party organisation in multi-level contexts - Ingrid van Biezen and Jonathan Hopkin
3. Party systems in multi-level contexts – Lori Thorlaksson
Case studies
4. Disconnected competition in Canada - Steven Wolinetz and Ken Carty
5. Multi-level party competition and co-ordination in Belgium - Lieven de Winter
6. Multi-level electoral competition: sub-state elections and party systems in Spain - Francesc Pallares and Michael Keating
7. Germany: an erosion of federal-Länder linkages? - Dan Hough and Charlie Jeffery
8. Regional elections in Italy: national tests or regional affirmation? - John Loughlin and Silvia Bolgherini
9. Austria: divergence within limits - Alan Siaroff and Amir Abedi
Multi-level electoral competition in the UK
10. Devolution and electoral politics in Wales - Richard Wyn Jones and Roger Scully
11. Devolution and electoral politics in Scotland - Catherine Bromley
12. British political parties and devolution: sdapting to multi-level politics in Scotland and Wales - Jonathan Bradbury
13. Devolution and electoral politics: where does the UK fit in? – Charlie Jeffery and Dan Hough
