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Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society Advance Access originally published online on January 6, 2009
Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 2009 2(1):35-49; doi:10.1093/cjres/rsn026
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This article appears in the following Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society issue: Rescaling The State [View the issue table of contents]

Examining the interaction between vertical and horizontal dimensions of state transformation

Milena Büchs

School of Social Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK. m.buechs{at}soton.ac.uk


  Abstract

Two dimensions of state transformation often analysed separately can be identified as vertical authority shifts between different levels of government and horizontal authority transfers between state and non-state domains. This article firstly reviews three existing approaches that highlight links between vertical and horizontal state transformation: multi-level governance, policy networks and sections of the rescaling literature. However, these approaches do not yet provide a framework sufficient to enable a more thorough and detailed examination of the relationship between these two dimensions. The article thus proceeds to develop a multifaceted framework in order to facilitate further research into this relationship, a necessity if we are to understand more fully whether vertical and horizontal authority shifts complement or contradict one another within the transformation of the state's role in governing society and economy.

Keywords: governance, multi-level governance, policy networks, rescaling, state

Received on June 30, 2008. Accepted on November 18, 2008.

JEL Classifications: H11, H75, I38


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