Charles Hauss
Contributor
Professor of Political Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, and Director of Policy and Research at Search for Common Ground USA. Author of Comparative Politics: Domestic Responses to Global Challenges and others.
Primary Contributions (2)
Devolution, the transfer of power from a central government to subnational (e.g., state, regional, or local) authorities. Devolution usually occurs through conventional statutes rather than through a change in a country’s constitution; thus, unitary systems of government that have devolved powers…
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Publications (1)
Comparative Politics: Domestic Responses to Global Challenges (January 2018)
Balancing theory with application and featuring an engaging, student-friendly writing style, the tenth edition of COMPARATIVE POLITICS takes an in-depth look at fourteen countries, framed within broader discussions in the part-opening chapters on Industrialized Democracies, Current and Former Communist Regimes, and The Global South. The introduction establishes a comparative structure based on five themes: conflict, democratization, economic liberalization, globalization, and challenges, which...
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