Shared-rule Institutional Capabilities of European Regions and Subnational Regionalism

Introduction: the political subjectivity of subnational units can be realized both through regional autonomy and self-rule region participation in shared-rule determining national policy. Such institutional capabilities regions to participate process are unevenly distributed within European regions. Subnational nation-states, which have a significant regionalist potential, predominantly lobby demands autonomy, often leave unarticulated policymaking at level. Objectives: determine role regionalism (understood as movement aimed acquiring expanding region) factor dynamics 2000–2010s. Methods: Large-N comparative analysis units. Results: 116 demonstrates low level The changes “centre-regions” interactions been observed only Belgium, Germany, Spain, Serbia Switzerland. importance an cases under studies is indirect, situational, insignificant. influence on change has not registered. Conclusions: despite conditions 2000–2010s, configurations acquire features stability sustainability. variability such (symmetric, asymmetric universal, autonomous) associated with regionalism. Devolution capability (as instrument central government) depends strength demands.