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Non-hierarchical coordination of multi-level asymmetries for (dynamic) stability: finding the balance between convergence and divergence
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Abstract
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| Instability in multi-level systems implies the lack of balance between convergent and divergent features of the system. One of the major factors affecting the balance is asymmetrical arrangements across levels and actors which can cause a lack of cohesion within the system. Incohesive features appear due to (1) a lack of adaptiveness to the multi-level dynamics and complex framework, (2) insufficient trust among competing realities, and (3) inadequate coordination among the levels and actors that determine the features of the system. While adaptiveness, trust, and coordination can be consolidated into the overarching concept of cohesion, cohesion itself reinforces the concept of stability. Investigating in what capacity federal principles can be exploited as a device for addressing stability in multi-level systems is a continuing concern in comparative constitutional law. However, there is an existing and growing misunderstanding about which federal devices can be consumed to preserve the balance between convergence and divergence and enable cohesion. Contemporary research is increasingly attentive to coordination, which is to some extent employed in multi-level systems. Drawing upon research in federalism, this paper attempts to (1) explore the potential of the concept of stability based on coordination and (2) transform the narratives about coordination as a federal device. |
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Language
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English
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Source (book)
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Accommodating diversity in multilevel constitutional orders: legal mechanisms of divergence and convergence / Sahadžić, Maja [edit.]; Kos, Marjan [edit.]; Kukavica, Jaka [edit.]; Gašperin Wischhoff, Jakob [edit.]; Scholtes, Julian [edit.]
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Comparative Constitutional Change
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Publication
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London
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Routledge
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2023
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ISBN
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978-1-003-35576-2
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p. 35-46
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