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Austria: A Federation without Federalism

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Austria is an understudied case in comparative federalism. There are, however, interesting theoretical observations concerning the workings of Austrian federalism. In particular, analysis of the Austrian federal system is likely to call attention to the relationship between political institutions and the social structure in the study of comparative federalism. This essay seeks to expose the centralizing tendencies related to societal homogeneity that exert broad pressures on Austria's federal system. Empirical evidence shows a pan-Austrian national framework of reference employed by political actors even when the policy areas in question are within exclusive Länder jurisdiction. Without the territorially based distinctiveness necessary to sustain a federal outlook, the Austrian federal system has moved in a centralist direction. Copyright 2004, Oxford University Press.

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  • Jan Erk, 2004. "Austria: A Federation without Federalism," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, CSF Associates Inc., vol. 34(1), pages 1-20, Winter.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:publus:v:34:y:2004:i:1:p:1-20
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    1. Arjan H Schakel & A J Brown, 2022. "Dissecting Public Opinion on Regional Authority: Four Types of Regionalists Based on Citizens’ Preferences for Self-Rule and Shared Rule," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, CSF Associates Inc., vol. 52(2), pages 310-328.
    2. Reinhard Steurer & Christoph Clar & Juan Casado‐Asensio, 2020. "Climate change mitigation in Austria and Switzerland: The pitfalls of federalism in greening decentralized building policies," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 44(1), pages 89-108, February.
    3. Reinhard Steurer & Christoph Clar, 2015. "Is decentralisation always good for climate change mitigation? How federalism has complicated the greening of building policies in Austria," Policy Sciences, Springer;Society of Policy Sciences, vol. 48(1), pages 85-107, March.
    4. Morcillo Laiz, Álvaro, 2018. "Unanimity, Consensus and Peripheral Parties as Determinants of EU Policy Coordination in Federal Member States," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 16(2), pages 198-223.

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