Canada
Juan Rodríguez and Astrid Barrio
Political Parties in Multilevel Spain: Organization, Influence and Strategies
The Organization and Functioning of Parties in Multilevel Belgium
Part V: Toward a new system of governance
Political Careers in Spain: Movements Between Political Arenas in a Multilevel System
Bringing Politicians Back in: Political Careers and Political Class in Multilevel Systems
State Legislatures and the Policy Making Process in the United States
Figures
4.1 The evolution of political trust in Spain, 1996-2012
4.2 Influence of the confrontation between the PSOE and the PP on the quality of democracy in Spain in 2011
4.3 Sympathy for 15-M and the extent to which its demands affect the majority of Spanish society
11.1 Evolution of the relevance of NSWP at the regional level
12.1 The dissimilarity between election results per party family in Wallonia and Flanders, 1946-2014
14.1 Career patterns in multi-level systems
Tables
4.1 Satisfaction with the functioning of democracy in Spain, 2007-2011
4.2 Trust in different institutions
4.3 Preferred candidate for the president of the government
5.1 Trust-mistrust – Dynamics in a plurinational context marked by the asymmetry of communities
5.2 Results of Canadian general elections, 2000-2011
5.3 Votes obtained by the Alliance-Reform-Progressive Conservatives, and later by the Conservative Party in Québec, 2000-2011
6.1 Some diverse ‘models’ with regard to the way in which foreign policy is defined, as operationalized by different regions with legislative powers
6.2 Rough overview of the representations abroad of some regions with legislative powers, broken up by mission statement
8.1 Corporatist Forums in Spain
8.2 Regional Social Dialogue in Spain
11.1 Amount of NSWP and its parliamentarians in the low chamber
11.2 Coalitional strategies in both electoral and parliamentary-executive arenas
11.3 Coalitional strategies implemented by PP and PSOE in both political arenas
12.1 Election results in the Flemish region
12.2 Election results in the Walloon region
12.3 Election results in the Brussels region
12.4 Degree of proportionality (Gallaghers Least Square Index) in Flemish and Walloon regional elections (2009)
12.5 The federal and regional coalitions compared: Flanders (shaded parties governing at one level only)
12.6 The federal and regional coalitions compared: Wallonia (shaded parties governing at one level only)
12.7 The federal and regional coalitions compared: Brussels (shaded parties governing at one level only)
13.1 Percentage of national MPs elected in each Autonomous Community with previous experience al elected officials in Local or Regional Legislatures (9th term or Legislature)
13.2 Previous experience of National MPs in Local Councils and Regional Parliaments (9th term or Legislature)
13.3 Percentage of national MPs with previous experience in political positions (elected or appointed) at different territorial levels (9th term or Legislature)
13.4 Political careers in Spanish National and Regional Legislatures, by type of movement (in %; data from 2012: 10th term or Legislature)
13.5 Political careers of Spanish National and Regional MPs, by political party (totals of National and Regional MPs; in %; data from 2012: 10th term or Legislature)
13.6 Political careers of Spanish MPs, by National identity/NSWP (in %; data from 2012: 10h term or Legislature)
[11] Preface
Wyn Grant, University of Warwick
The theme of the 2012 International Political Science Congress in Madrid was “Reordering Power, Shifting Boundaries.” Fast forward to Poznan, Poland, in 2014, where our theme was “Politics in a World of Inequalities.” The theme of the 2018 World Congress in Brisbane, Australia – “Borders and Margins” – is meant to reflect the important changes taking place in the world. Borders in the traditional sense of secure, maintained boundaries are still needed at a time when governments are hard-pressed to control the flow of migrants; 9/11, in particular, sparked renewed calls for stricter border controls.
Nevertheless, we live in a world of greater fluidity, where old territorial formations coexist alongside new territorial spaces that are conceptualized differently. Territory and power no longer align,