Governance in the Americas : decentralization, democracy, and subnational government in Brazil, Mexico, and the USA

Governance in the Americas : decentralization, democracy, and subnational government in Brazil, Mexico, and the USA / Robert H. Wilson [and others] ; in collaboration with Marta Ferreira Santos Farah [and others].

Offers important new insights about decentralization, federalism, and democratic change in the three largest federal nations in the Americas: Brazil, Mexico, and the United States.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies
Other Authors: Wilson, Robert Hines, Farah, Marta Ferreira Santos
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, ©2008.
Series:Recent titles from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies.
Subjects:
Geschichte.
Decentralization in government > Brazil.
Federal government > Brazil.
Decentralization in government > Mexico.
Federal government > Mexico.
Decentralization in government > United States.
Federal government > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
Decentralization in government
Federal government
Dezentralisation
Decentralisatie.
Federaal bestuur.
Brazil
Mexico
United States
Brasilien
Mexiko
USA
Brazilië.
Mexico.
Verenigde Staten.
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Table of Contents:
  • Decentralization and the subnational state / Peter K. Spink, Victoria E. Rodríguez, Peter M. Ward, and Robert H. Wilson
  • Two centuries of federalism in Brazil, Mexico, and the USA / Lawrence S. Graham and Allison M. Rowland
  • The changing institutional capacity of subnational government: toward effective co-governance / Victoria E. Rodríguez, Peter K. Spink, and Peter M. Ward
  • Intergovernmental relations and the subnational state: the decentralization of public policy making / Marta Ferreira Santos Farah, Pedro Jacobi, Victoria E. Rodríguez, Peter M. Ward, and Robert H. Wilson
  • Government and citizens: the changing nature of civil society / Peter K. Spink, Victoria E. Rodríguez, Peter M. Ward, and Robert H. Wilson
  • The past, present, and future of subnational governments and federalism / Peter K. Spink, Peter M. Ward, and Robert H. Wilson
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • About the authors and collaborators
  • Index.

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