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The Centrifugal State: In Search of an Explanation of Why Countries Decentralise

Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

Department of Geography and Environment and Cañada Blanch Centre, London School of EconomicsLondon, United Kingdom
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Dec 31, 2024
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Published Online: Dec 31, 2024
Page range: 35 - 48
Received: Nov 15, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/quageo-2024-0041
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Fig. 1.

The degree of decentralisation, measured by the Regional Authority Index in 2018, elaborated with data from Shair-Rosenfield et al. (2021) & Hooghe et al. (2016), created with Datawrapper.
The degree of decentralisation, measured by the Regional Authority Index in 2018, elaborated with data from Shair-Rosenfield et al. (2021) & Hooghe et al. (2016), created with Datawrapper.

Fig. 2.

Evolution of the median level of decentralisation in the sample countries between 1950 and 2018, elaborated with data from Shair-Rosenfield et al. (2021) and Hooghe et al. (2016).
Evolution of the median level of decentralisation in the sample countries between 1950 and 2018, elaborated with data from Shair-Rosenfield et al. (2021) and Hooghe et al. (2016).

Fig. 3.

Changes in decentralisation relative to a country’s starting point on the decentralisation scale (1990–2018).
Changes in decentralisation relative to a country’s starting point on the decentralisation scale (1990–2018).

Mean and median population, GDP and GDP per capita in high and low decentralised countries elaborated with RAI and World Bank data_

Mean decentralisation Median decentralisation
Low RAI 0–5 High RAI >25 Low RAI 0–5 High RAI >25
Population 936,621 32,100,000 390,353 25,000,000
GDP (million USD)* 7317.6 1,529,600 4856 1,400,000
GDP per capita (USD)* 12,340.72 40,207.92 5330.77 46,491.23
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