Exploring the meso-territorialization of third sector administration and welfare delivery in federal and union states: Evidence and theory-building from the UK

IF 1.7 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Regional and Federal Studies Pub Date : 2020-10-01 DOI:10.1080/13597566.2020.1822341

Paul Chaney, Christala Sophocleous, Daniel Wincott

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The international trend of state restructuring and the rise of decentralized welfare systems means a key challenge for social research is to systematically explore the breadth of factors shaping the territorialization of third sector welfare delivery at the meso level in federal and union states. We address this lacuna by synthesizing historical-institutionalism and critical realism with Salamon and Anheier’s classic framework on civic infrastructure development to produce an inductive analytical model for wider empirical testing. Its application here to the longitudinal case study data covering Wales shows it to be effective in providing a holistic understanding of the temporal and spatial processes underpinning decentralization. The wider significance of the case study lies in underlining the iterative, reciprocal relationship between governance reforms and territorialization – and showing how territorialization can originate in response to national crises and welfare demand caused by state and market failure in the delivery of public goods.

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探索联邦和联邦州第三部门行政和福利提供的中地域化：来自英国的证据和理论构建

摘要国家重组的国际趋势和去中心化福利制度的兴起意味着社会研究面临的一个关键挑战是系统地探索联邦和联邦各州第三部门福利提供地域化的影响因素的广度。我们通过将历史制度主义和批判现实主义与萨拉蒙和安海尔关于公民基础设施发展的经典框架相结合来解决这一缺陷，从而产生一个归纳分析模型，用于更广泛的实证检验。它在威尔士的纵向案例研究数据中的应用表明，它能够有效地全面了解权力下放的时间和空间过程。案例研究的更广泛意义在于强调治理改革和属地化之间的迭代、互惠关系，并表明属地化是如何产生的，以应对国家和市场在公共产品交付方面的失败所造成的国家危机和福利需求。

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Regional and Federal Studies POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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期刊介绍： The upsurge of academic and political interest in regional and federal questions since the 1980s has been stimulated by the salience of regions in EU policy-making and the Structural Funds but also by regionalization and federalization processes in many Western states. The most striking example is the devolution occurring in the UK, but the process is at work all over Europe and in other parts of the world. These developments have led to many important research programmes and projects. Regional and Federal Studies is a refereed social science journal which provides an academic forum for the publication of international research on these issues. It is essential reading for both academics and practitioners in politics, administration and the business world.