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The Centrifugal State: In Search of an Explanation of Why Countries Decentralise Cover

The Centrifugal State: In Search of an Explanation of Why Countries Decentralise

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|Dec 2024

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Fig. 1.

The degree of decentralisation, measured by the Regional Authority Index in 2018, elaborated with data from Shair-Rosenfield et al. (2021) & Hooghe et al. (2016), created with Datawrapper.
The degree of decentralisation, measured by the Regional Authority Index in 2018, elaborated with data from Shair-Rosenfield et al. (2021) & Hooghe et al. (2016), created with Datawrapper.

Fig. 2.

Evolution of the median level of decentralisation in the sample countries between 1950 and 2018, elaborated with data from Shair-Rosenfield et al. (2021) and Hooghe et al. (2016).
Evolution of the median level of decentralisation in the sample countries between 1950 and 2018, elaborated with data from Shair-Rosenfield et al. (2021) and Hooghe et al. (2016).

Fig. 3.

Changes in decentralisation relative to a country’s starting point on the decentralisation scale (1990–2018).
Changes in decentralisation relative to a country’s starting point on the decentralisation scale (1990–2018).

Mean and median population, GDP and GDP per capita in high and low decentralised countries elaborated with RAI and World Bank data_

Mean decentralisationMedian decentralisation
Low RAI 0–5High RAI >25Low RAI 0–5High RAI >25
Population936,62132,100,000390,35325,000,000
GDP (million USD)*7317.61,529,60048561,400,000
GDP per capita (USD)*12,340.7240,207.925330.7746,491.23
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/quageo-2024-0041 | Journal eISSN: 2081-6383 | Journal ISSN: 2082-2103
Language: English
Page range: 35 - 48
Submitted on: Nov 15, 2024
Published on: Dec 31, 2024
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
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© 2024 Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, published by Adam Mickiewicz University
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