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Politics beyond the capital : the design of subnational institutions in South America /

"The book focuses on the four Latin American countries where politicians have most extensively engaged in the redesign of subnational institutions: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay. By reframing the "politics of decentralization" as the "politics of designing subnational ins...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eaton, Kent, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1. Introduction. Explaining decentralization and re-centralization
  • Definitions, cases and patterns
  • Part 2. Nineteenth century origins, twentieth century trajectories
  • Decentralization from below : Argentina before 1966, Brazil before 1964
  • Decentralization from above: Chile and Uruguay before 1973
  • Part 3. : Bureaucratic authoritarianism beyond the capital
  • Subnational reforms by military governments
  • Part 4. : Subnational institutions in the third wave of democracy
  • The reemergence of the governors in Argentina and Brazil
  • National engineering of subnational institutions in Chile and Uruguay
  • Part 5. Conclusion
  • Comparing waves and approaches.