European Centre for Research on Federalism

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Research focus

• Local government reform
• Renewal of local democracy
• Adaptation to EU membership  in old and new states
• Partnership & Governance
• EU regional policy

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Contributions to the Yearbook on Federalism

• 2005: Irlands Regionen: mehr Rhetorik als Realität?, in: Jahrbuch des Föderalismus 2005, pp. 374-387.
• 2000: Irland  Kein Abschied vom Zentralismus trotz Regionenbildung, in: Jahrbuch des Föderalismus 2000, pp. 193-206.

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Other publications (selection)

• Ireland's Pragmatic Adaptation to Regionalisation: The Mid West Region, in: Regional & Federal Studies, Vol. 14, Autumn 2004, S. 377-402 (zusammen mit N. Rees und B. Connaughton).
• Irish Local Government in a Comparative Context, in: Callanan, M. and J. Keogan (eds.): Local Government in Ireland: Inside Out, Dublin 2003, S. 447-459.
• Gender Relations in Ireland, in: The new Challenge of Womens Role in Rural Europe, Proceedings of an International Conference, Nicosia, Cyprus, 4-6 October 2001, Nicosia 2001, S. 341-351.
• The move from Government to Governance: Irish development policy's paradigm shift, in: Policy & Politics, Vol. 26, 2/1998, S. 209-225.

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