Bulletin n. 1/2009
July 2009
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Loughlin John
    The 'Hybrid' State: Reconfiguring Territorial Governance in Western Europe
    in Perspectives on European Politics and Society , vol. 10, n. 1, April, Special Issue “Reconstituting Political Order in Europe, West and East” ,  2009 ,  51-68
    Abstract One of the central questions in contemporary social science is the fate of the nation-state. The nation-state reached its apogee during the period of post-war economic boom and expanding welfare states. European integration was a means of 'rescuing' nation-states during this period. Neo-liberalism mounted a serious challenge to the welfare version of the nation-state following a series of political, economic and social crises in the 1970s. The nation-state survived albeit in a form different from the previous version. It is now more characterized by a combination of centralist interventionism and 'choice' in its territorial organization and policy approaches. This may be seen in patterns of central-local relations, public administration and fiscal relations. This we have called the 'hybrid state'.
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