Bulletin n. 3/2015
January 2016
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
    • André Audrey, Bradbury Jonathan, Depauw Sam
    Explaining Cooperation over Casework between Members of National and Regional Parliaments
    in Parliamentary Affairs , Volume 68, Issue 4 October ,  2015 ,  pp. 665-689
    Dealing with constituent inquiries has long been a central component of political representation. Increasingly responsibilities for public policy are either divided or shared between regional and national legislatures and constituents frequently misdirect their inquiries. This article demonstrates how demand and supply factors determine the extent to which regional and national legislators across seven European democracies redirect inquiries on matters outside their jurisdiction, as well as the party to which they are forwarded. The choices they make have important consequences for our understanding of political representation in multi-level democracies; they may also matter to the quality of service responsiveness.
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