The case for conceptual dichotomies in comparative federalism: Can political science learn from comparative constitutional law?

Territory, Politics, Governance

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-29

  Barrios Suvelza, Franz Xavier ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Devolution; Federalism; Multi level governance; Regions; State theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971463508     PISSN: 21622671     EISSN: 2162268X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21622671.2013.866595     Document Type: Article

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