Mueller provides a new, in-depth treatment of shared rule and its conceptual evolution defining three different meanings commonly ascribed to it: shared rule as horizontal cooperation, centralization, or bottom-up influence seeking.
Sean Mueller is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Political Studies, University of Lausanne. He holds a PhD in Politics and Government from the University of Kent, UK (2013) and obtained his Venia Docendi in political science from the University of Bern (2022). His main research areas are Swiss and comparative federalism, subnational politics, multilevel governance, and direct democracy.