Introduction: Multi-Level Systems

Annegret Eppler () and Donnet Rose Adhiambo Odhiambo ()
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Annegret Eppler: Kehl University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration
Donnet Rose Adhiambo Odhiambo: Technical University of Kenya

A chapter in The Future of African-European Relations, 2025, pp 139-150 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This introductory text provides a very brief overview of comparative research on multi-level systems. It includes national (federations, but also decentralized and regionalized states) and supranational (such as the European Union) multi-level systems. The text shows how multi-level systems can be categorized and discusses indices with which research tries to measure the degree of diversity. Some focal points of multi-level systems, as the distribution of competences, the decision-making processes, questions of legitimacy as well as reasons for dynamics in multi-level systems are discussed. At the end, the text gives a short overview of the texts on the topic of secession, which are included in the following chapter.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-85810-9_15

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