Bulletin n. 0/2004
December 2004
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
    • Robert Agranoff
    Autonomy, devolution and intergovernmental relations
    in Regional and Federal Studies , Volume 14, Number 1 / Spring ,  2004 ,  26-65
    The concept of autonomy as self-rule is delineated by examination of intergovernmental relations within eight devolutionary situations: Belgium, Crimea (Ukraine), Ethiopia, Greenland (Denmark), Mexico, Scotland (United Kingdom), South Africa and Spain. After autonomy and devolution are profiled, the autonomy situations are comparatively examined through their intergovernmental institutional structures, fiscal arrangements and political channels. These three processes are at the core of post-devolution autonomy situations, and their sufficiency within a polity contributes to meaningful self-rule. While in most of the eight autonomy situations effective institutional and political channels exist, the fiscal ties are weaker and non-existent in some cases, leading to fiscal dependence. In those situations where one-party rule prevails, institutional and political autonomy is also weaker, attenuating autonomy through devolution.
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