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Regional & Federal Studies

Volume 18, Issue 2-3, 2008

Special Issue: Regional Authority in 42 Countries, 1950–2006: A Measure and Five Hypotheses

Measuring Regional Authority

Measuring Regional Authority

DOI:
10.1080/13597560801979464
Gary Marksab*, Liesbet Hoogheab & Arjan H. Schakelb

pages 111-121

Available online: 23 May 2008

Abstract

This article sets out a conceptual basis for measuring regional authority and engages basic measurement issues. Regional authority is disaggregated into two domains (self-rule and shared rule) and these are operationalised in eight dimensions. The article concludes by examining the robustness of this measure across alternative measurement assumptions.

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Details

  • Available online: 23 May 2008

Author affiliations

  • a Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
  • b Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • c Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Librarians

Taylor & Francis Group