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Tensions in the Territorial Politics of Western Europe

Tensions in the Territorial Politics of Western Europe

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Series: Routledge Library Editions: Politics of the European Union

General Political ScienceInternational RelationsUnited States Politics

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ISBN10: 1041081170
ISBN13: 9781041081173
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Nov 24 2026
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.57
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Tensions in the Territorial Politics of Western Europe (1987) examines the massive postwar increase in European government intervention, a major element being the development of welfare services provided by sub-central units of government. Governments have faced the dilemma of being electorally accountable for services delivered through differentiated, disaggregated policy systems. The territorial distribution of functions has become a major political and policy issue, and government centres have developed strategies for regulating the function-based policy system. The term territorial politics refers to the arena of political activity concerned with the relations between central and sub-central organisations, while recognising the need to return to history. The objectives of this work are to argue for a focus on territorial politics; to demonstrate that the analysis of territorial politics requires an exploration of historical context; and to analyse contemporary problems in territorial politics, focusing on functional allocation, interest articulation, central regulation and the distributional consequence of policy networks.

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