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The SAGE Handbook of Political Sociology offers a comprehensive and contemporary look at this evolving field of study. The focus is on political life itself and the chapters, written by a highly-respected and international team of authors, cover the core themes which need to be understood in order to study political life from a sociological perspective, or simply to understand the political world. The two volumes are structured around five key areas: PART 1: TRADITIONS AND PERSPECTIVES PART 2: CORE CONCEPTS PART 03: POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES AND MOVEMENTS PART 04: TOPICS PART 05: WORLD REGIONS This future-oriented and cross-disciplinary handbook is a landmark text for students and scholars interested in the social investigation of politics.
Chapter 33: Federalism
The twentieth century saw federalism become an ideological ambition at both national and international level, its proponents believing it to be a remedy for perceived shortcomings in both national and international governance, epitomised by the apparent demise of the Westphalian state. Federalism is an aim for a sub-state region desirous of constitutional change within an existing state, though the independence of the sub-state region would be an alternative objective, were federal arrangements to prove unattainable. Modern-day Scotland fits this model rather well. Federalism is also the aim of advocates of higher-than-nation-state level governance in Europe; the founding states of the European Union fit this model rather well too. In sum, therefore, federalism is an ambition in certain ...
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