Multi-level governance and subnational research: Similarities, differences, and knowledge accumulation in the study of territorial politics

IF 1.7 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE Regional and Federal Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-23 DOI:10.1080/13597566.2021.1941900

Agustina Giraudy, Sara Niedzwiecki

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ABSTRACT The Subnational Research (SNR) and Multilevel Governance (MLG) research programs have tackled some of the crucial questions in comparative politics. Despite their shared principle that actors and institutions located at one territorial level are shaped by and shape other levels of government, each tradition has developed its own set of concepts and theories without fully acknowledging the other. We believe that this has been detrimental for knowledge accumulation. We argue that more knowledge accumulation in the study of territorial politics is possible if (1) scholars engage with each tradition, and (2) they are attentive to differences, or blind spots, in each traditions’ theories, concepts, and scope conditions. Drawing on two examples, the Regional Authority Index (RAI) and Kent Eaton’s work (2021) we show the benefits of transcending the boundaries of each tradition. We conclude by proposing a unified framework for the study of territorial politics that incorporates both SNR and MLG.

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多层次治理与次国家研究:地域政治研究的异同与知识积累

次国家研究(SNR)和多层次治理(MLG)研究项目解决了比较政治学中的一些关键问题。尽管它们都有一个共同的原则，即位于一个领土一级的行为者和机构受其他一级政府的影响并影响其他一级政府，但每种传统都发展了自己的一套概念和理论，而没有完全承认对方。我们认为这不利于知识积累。我们认为，如果:(1)学者与每一种传统都有接触，(2)他们注意到每种传统的理论、概念和范围条件的差异或盲点，就有可能在领土政治研究中积累更多的知识。通过两个例子，区域权威指数(RAI)和肯特·伊顿(Kent Eaton)的工作(2021)，我们展示了超越每种传统界限的好处。最后，我们提出了一个统一的领土政治研究框架，其中包括信噪比和MLG。

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Regional and Federal Studies POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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期刊介绍： The upsurge of academic and political interest in regional and federal questions since the 1980s has been stimulated by the salience of regions in EU policy-making and the Structural Funds but also by regionalization and federalization processes in many Western states. The most striking example is the devolution occurring in the UK, but the process is at work all over Europe and in other parts of the world. These developments have led to many important research programmes and projects. Regional and Federal Studies is a refereed social science journal which provides an academic forum for the publication of international research on these issues. It is essential reading for both academics and practitioners in politics, administration and the business world.