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Perils of Centralization

Perils of Centralization

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics

General Political Science

ISBN10: 1107616948
ISBN13: 9781107616943
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Nov 23 2013
Pages: 218
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
In this provocative and wide-ranging book, Ken Kollman examines the histories of the U.S. government, the Catholic Church, General Motors, and the European Union as examples of federated systems that centralized power over time. He shows how their institutions became locked-in to intensive power in the executive. The problem with these and other federated systems is that they often cannot decentralize even if it makes sense. The analysis leads Kollman to suggest some surprising changes in institutional design for these four cases and for federated institutions everywhere.

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