Federalism, Decentralisation and Multi-Level Governance

The recent years has witnessed growing interest in the study of the vertical distribution of political order among orders of government. The literatures on federalism, decentralisation and multi-level governance share research questions concerning the impact of vertically divided political authority on democracy, ethno/religious/linguistic/regional conflict, economic performance, and public policy. In addition to ongoing federal experiments in the Western world, decentralist political and economic policies are increasingly prescribed by institutions such as the World Bank and IMF in the developing world. The honours class aims to invite international and national experts who tackle the topic through different substantive and theoretical angles.
 

Programme:	February - June 2010
Application:	1 December 2009
Language of instruction:	English
Contact:	Dr. J.G.  Erk - erk@fsw.leidenuniv.nl