Decentralization and Recentralization in the Developing World

Comparative Studies from Africa and Latin America

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

AvJ. Tyler Dickovick

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In the 1980s and 1990s, much of the developing world experienced transitions to democracy accompanied by economic liberalization and decentralization of power to subnational governmental bodies. The process of decentralization has been studied intensively, but little attention has been paid so far to the recentralization that has occurred in some countries in the past decade. In this book, J. Tyler Dickovick seeks to illuminate how the processes of decentralization and recentralization are interrelated and what the dynamics of each is. He argues that decentralization occurs as a result of the decline in the power of the presidency, whereas recentralization occurs when the president resolves an extraordinary economic crisis. The processes of decentralization and recentralization, Dickovick further argues, have the same dynamics whether they occur in federal or unitary states. To test the theory, Dickovick compares a strong federal system, Brazil, with a weak one, South Africa, and compares these in turn with two unitary regimes, Peru and Senegal. Decentralization and Recentralization in the Developing World provides a much more nuanced understanding of when and why decentralization and recentralization happen, and what their importance is to intergovernmental shifts in power.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2012-05-15
Mått152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt340 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor248
FörlagPennsylvania State University Press
ISBN9780271037912

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ContentsList of Figures and TablesAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations1Decentralization and Recentralization in Developing Countries2.Historical Trajectories in Subnational Autonomy3.Subnational Revenue Autonomy4.Subnational Expenditure Autonomy5.Subnational Contractual Autonomy6.Subnational Autonomy in Unitary States7.When the Center Holds: Conclusions and ImplicationsAppendix: Interviewees (by Country)ReferencesIndex

“J. Tyler Dickovick has written a pathbreaking work built on an insightful analytical framework and sustained by excellent fieldwork in several countries. He makes several notable contributions to the field of comparative studies of decentralization and federalism. First, he broadens the way that decentralization is measured in cross-national perspective. Second, he applies the theoretical framework in varied policy settings, such as health care and education, proving that it is broadly applicable. Third, in his analysis, he seriously considers differences in the sequencing of crises and policy responses, thereby adding to an emerging interest in these issues in the decentralization field. And finally, his meticulous empirical work is cross-regional as well as cross-national, making it a valuable resource for future studies in a variety of locations. Decentralization and Recentralization in the Developing World is a good example of the finest scholarship in comparative politics.”—Alfred P. Montero, Carleton College