Perils of Centralization

Lessons from Church, State, and Corporation

By:

Ken Kollman

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Hardback

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics

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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.

Author Biography:

Ken Kollman is Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor, Professor of Political Science, and Director of the International Institute at the University of Michigan. He has written numerous books and articles on political parties, political organizations, and elections. His research and written work have been recognized with multiple awards, and have contributed in diverse fields such as computational social science, comparative and American politics, European Union studies, and comparative political parties and elections. He is principal investigator of the Constituency-Level Elections Archive, the largest repository of election results data in the world.

Release date NZ

November 25th, 2013

Author

Ken Kollman

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

1 Line drawings, unspecified

Pages

218

Series

Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics

Dimensions

155x235x18

ISBN-13

9781107042520

Product ID

21017506

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