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Informationen zum Autor Dan Hough is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Sussex. Charlie Jeffery is Professor of Politics at the University of Edinburgh Klappentext This book presents a comparative perspective on the new dynamics of electoral competition following devolution to Scotland and Wales. It brings together leading experts on elections, political parties and regional politics from Britain, Europe and North America to explore the dynamics and interactions of national and regional arenas of electoral competition. Chapters include theoretical reflections on the relationship between regional and national elections, and a range of country case studies. The aim of the non-British case studies is to establish both empirical benchmarks and a framework for analysis for exploring the dynamics of electoral competition, the adaptation of party strategies and the nuances of voting behaviour that the UK is likely to encounter in a situation where new Welsh and Scottish elections flank general elections to Westminster. The final section of the book offers detailed discussion of these multi-level electoral dynamics now at play in the UK. Zusammenfassung This 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. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis A framework for analysis1. An introduction to multi-level electoral competition - Charlie Jeffery and Dan Hough2. Party organisation in multi-level contexts - Ingrid van Biezen and Jonathan Hopkin3. Party systems in multi-level contexts - Lori ThorlakssonCase studies4. Disconnected competition in Canada - Steven Wolinetz and Ken Carty5. Multi-level party competition and co-ordination in Belgium - Lieven de Winter6. Multi-level electoral competition: sub-state elections and party systems in Spain - Francesc Pallares and Michael Keating7. Germany: an erosion of federal-Länder linkages? - Dan Hough and Charlie Jeffery8. Regional elections in Italy: national tests or regional affirmation? - John Loughlin and Silvia Bolgherini9. Austria: divergence within limits - Alan Siaroff and Amir AbediMulti-level electoral competition in the UK10. Devolution and electoral politics in Wales - Richard Wyn Jones and Roger Scully11. Devolution and electoral politics in Scotland - Catherine Bromley12. British political parties and devolution: sdapting to multi-level politics in Scotland and Wales - Jonathan Bradbury13. Devolution and electoral politics: where does the UK fit in? - Charlie Jeffery and Dan Hough...
