Abstract
This chapter outlines the distinctive features and challenges of politics, governance, and leadership at the meso-level within national states, that is, provinces, regions, and states. It documents how regional interests, identities, and dynamics along with electoral and constitutional arrangements create meso-level political opportunity structures, as well as intergovernmental relations. It contrasts actor-centred and institutionalist approaches to understanding regional leadership, and discusses the various methodologies employed by scholars in this area. After critiquing what is currently a small yet disparate and conceptually poorly developed field, it concludes by sketching promising future directions.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Oxford Handbook of Political Leadership |
| Editors | R. A. W. Rhodes, Paul 't Hart |
| Place of Publication | Oxford |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 564-579 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780199653881 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2014 |