Two political scientists whose work stands out in this area are John Gerring and Erik Wibbels. Their work is concerned with a number of struc- tural features of governments and is not designed to focus on differences be- tween federal and unitary regimes. Nevertheless, they both compare these two structures in a great many ways, and their findings are of immense val- ue to students of comparative federalism. Individually and with various col- leagues, both Gerring and Wibbels have
I. FEDERAL SYSTEMS COMPARED TO UNITARY SYSTEMS Two political scientists whose work stands out in this area are John Gerring and Erik Wibbels. Their work is concerned with a number of struc- tural features of governments and is not designed to focus on differences be- tween federal and unitary regimes. Nevertheless, they both compare these two structures in a great many ways, and their findings are of immense val- ue to students of comparative federalism. Individually and with various col- leagues, both Gerring and Wibbels have…
I. FEDERAL SYSTEMS COMPARED TO UNITARY SYSTEMS Two political scientists whose work stands out in this area are John Gerring and Erik Wibbels. Their work is concerned with a number of struc- tural features of governments and is not designed to focus on differences be- tween federal and unitary regimes. Nevertheless, they both compare these two structures in a great many ways, and their findings are of immense val- ue to students of comparative federalism. Individually and with various col- leagues, both Gerring and Wibbels have…