Special Issue: The Dynamics of Multi-Level Systems

Contents of this Special Issue of the Comparative European Politics are:

+ A theoretical perspective on multi-level systems in Europe: Constitutional power and partisan conflict
Nicole Bolleyer, Wilfried Swenden and Nicola McEwen

+ Balancing integration and flexibility in the European Union: Constitutional dispositions and dynamics of coordination
Nicole Bolleyer and Tanja A Börzel

+ Swiss federalism in a changing environment
Katharina Füglister and Fabio Wasserfallen

+ Intergovernmental relations in German federalism: Cooperative federalism, party politics and territorial conflicts
Katrin Auel

+ Multilevel structures, coordination and partisan politics in Spanish intergovernmental relations
Eliseo Aja and César Colino

+ Forging autonomy in a unitary state: The Åland Islands in Finland
Eve Hepburn

+ UK devolution in the shadow of hierarchy? Intergovernmental relations and party politics
Wilfried Swenden and Nicola McEwen

+ The multi-level dynamics of state decentralization in Italy
Francesco Palermo and Alex Wilson

+ Constitutional dynamics and partisan conflict: A comparative assessment of multi-level systems in Europe
Nicole Bolleyer, Wilfried Swenden and Nicola McEwen