Perils of centralization : lessons from church, state, and corporation

Perils of centralization lessons from church, state, and corporation

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Trajectories in federated institutions; 3. Nation-state; 4. Church; 5. Corporation; 6. International political union; 7. The elusive balance.

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1. Verfasser: Kollman, Ken (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge u.a. Cambridge Univ. Press 2013
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge studies in comparative politics
Schlagworte:
General Motors Corporation > Management > Catholic Church > Government > Executive power > Decentralization in government > Federal government > Decentralization in management > Europäische Union > USA > Katholische Kirche > Föderalismus > Zentralisation
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Zusammenfassung:Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Trajectories in federated institutions; 3. Nation-state; 4. Church; 5. Corporation; 6. International political union; 7. The elusive balance.
"In this provocative and wide-ranging book, Ken Kollman examines the histories of the US government, the Catholic Church, General Motors, and the European Union as examples of federated systems that centralized power over time. He shows how their institutions became locked-in to intensive power in the executive. The problem with these and other federated systems is that they often cannot decentralize even if it makes sense. The analysis leads Kollman to suggest some surprising changes in institutional design for these four cases and for federated institutions everywhere"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-194) and index
Beschreibung:XII, 205 S.
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25 cm
ISBN:9781107616943
978-1-107-61694-3
9781107042520
978-1-107-04252-0