Dardanelli, Paolo and Kincaid, John and Fenna, Alan and Kaiser, André and Lecours, André and Singh, Ajay Kumar and Mueller, Sean and Vogel, Stephan
(2019).
De/Centralisation Dataset 1790-2010.
[Data Collection]. Colchester, Essex:
UK Data Service.
10.5255/UKDA-SN-853510
The project measured dynamic centralisation and decentralisation across 22 policy areas and five fiscal categories in six federations – Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Switzerland, and the United States – from their foundation to 2010.
Data description (abstract)
The dataset contains measures of de/centralisation across 22 policy areas and five fiscal categories in six federations – Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Switzerland, and the United States – since their foundation.
| Data creators: |
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| Sponsors: |
Leverhulme Trust, Swiss National Science Foundation, Forum of Federations
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| Grant reference: |
IN-2013-044
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| Topic classification: |
Politics
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| Keywords: |
federalism, centralization, decentralisation, centralisation, decentralization
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| Project title: |
Why Centralisation and Decentralisation in Federations?
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| Grant holders: |
Paolo Dardanelli, John Kincaid, Alan Fenna, André Kaiser, André Lecours, Ajay Kumar Singh
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| Project dates: |
| From | To |
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| 1 March 2014 | 31 December 2017 |
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| Date published: |
15 Jan 2019 15:15
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| Last modified: |
17 Jan 2019 10:25
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| Temporal coverage: |
| From | To |
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| 31 December 1790 | 31 December 2010 |
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| Collection period: |
| Date from: | Date to: |
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| 1 March 2014 | 31 December 2017 |
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| Geographical area: |
Australia and its states, Canada and its provinces, Germany and its Laender, India and its states, Switzerland and its cantons, USA and its states |
| Country: |
Australia, Canada, Germany (October 1990-), West Germany (October 1990-), India, Switzerland, United States |
| Spatial unit: |
Administrative > Countries
Other |
| Data collection method: |
Coding of de/centralisation across 22 policy and five fiscal categories on 7-point scales based on qualitative assessment of a wide range of sources and, in the case of two of the five fiscal categories, numerical data. |
| Observation unit: |
Geographic unit, Time unit, Object |
| Kind of data: |
Numeric |
| Type of data: |
Qualitative and mixed methods data, Time series data |
| Resource language: |
English |
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| Data sourcing, processing and preparation: |
Please see above under 'data collection method'. Full details on the methodology are provided in the codebook and the published peer-reviewed articles based on the data.
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| Rights owners: |
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| Contact: |
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| Notes on access: |
The Data Collection is available to any user without the requirement for registration for download/access.
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| Publisher: |
UK Data Service
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| Last modified: |
17 Jan 2019 10:25
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