TY  - BOOK
AU  - Alonso,Sonia
TI  - Challenging the state: devolution and the battle for partisan credibility : a comparison of Belgium, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom 
T2  - Comparative politics
SN  - 9780191741234 (ebook) :
AV  - JN50 .A57 2012
U1  - 320.8094 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Decentralization in government
KW  - European Union countries
KW  - State, The
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Why do national governments implement devolution given the high risk that it will encourage peripheral parties to demand ever more devolved powers? The aim of 'Challenging the State' is to answer this question through a comparative analysis of devolution in four European countries: Belgium, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199691579.001.0001
ER  -