at such levels, thereby superseding the level of the state.
The
way in which such processes take place and the extent to which national, regional, and
local levels are able to gain influence largely depend on the characteristics of a given national
system and the power it attributes to different levels and actors. These factors have been
developed more generally in the political science and, to some
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