Crisis Governance in Multi-Level Polities: What Works, When, and Why.

This special issue examines how multi-level polities govern crises and why performance varies. To identify what works, when, and why, we use three comparative lenses—within-country comparisons across crises, within-country variation across regions, and cross-national studies. The contributions conve...

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Publicado en:Publius: The Journal of Federalism Vol. 56; no. 2; pp. 249 - 272
Autores principales: Sharma, Chanchal Kumar, Swenden, Wilfried
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Spring2026
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          Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh 123031, IndiaGerman Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), 20354 Hamburg, Germany
          School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9LD, United Kingdom
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