CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Csehi, Róbert Imre |
|---|---|
| Title | From legislative decision to policy coordination - Collaborative federalism and the changing character of intergovernmental relations in Canada and the European Union |
| Summary | The thesis aims to understand how intergovernmental relations increasingly come to substitute formal transfers of competences and subsequent collective, legislative decisions in multi-level political systems. Based on a comparative study between Canada and the European Union, the thesis argues that as the nature of the policy challenge corresponds with the basic dilemma of federalism, one has to analyze the phenomenon from a federalist perspective. The dissertation argues that complexity of a policy challenge encourages constituent units to open deliberation in areas under their on jurisdiction, whereas sensitivity of the topic makes them skeptical towards formal transfers of powers effectively pushing them towards intergovernmental arrangements. Through four different case studies the thesis aims to describe this process and understand its consequences. |
| Supervisor | Puetter, Uwe |
| Department | International Relations PhD |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/csehi_robert.pdf |
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