Politics Beyond the Capital

The Design of Subnational Institutions in South America

Inbunden, Engelska, 2004

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A recent wave of decentralization in Latin America has increased the prominence of politicians at the subnational level. Politics Beyond the Capital is the first book to place this trend in comparative historical perspective, examining past episodes of decentralization alongside contemporary ones to determine whether consistent causal factors are at play. At the center of the book is the rigorous testing of two key hypotheses that attribute decentralization to liberalizing changes in political regime type and economic development strategy. 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 institutions," the book moves beyond the policy orientation of much of the current literature, and broadens the debate by analyzing not just decentralization but re-centralization as well.

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Utgivningsdatum2004-07-22
Mått152 x 229 x 22 mm
Vikt522 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor288
FörlagStanford University Press
ISBN9780804749916

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Contents Part I: Introduction 1. Explaining Decentralization and Re-centralization9 2. Definitions, Cases and Patterns 44 Part II: Nineteenth Century Origins, Twentieth Century Trajectories 3. Decentralization from Below: Argentina before 1966, Brazil before 196491 4. Decentralization from Above: Chile and Uruguay before 1973133 Part III: Bureaucratic Authoritarianism Beyond the Capital 5. Subnational Reforms by Military Governments171 Part IV: Subnational Institutions in the Third Wave of Democracy 6. The Reemergence of the Governors in Argentina and Brazil 211 7. National Engineering of Subnational Institutions in Chile and Uruguay252 Part V: Conclusion 8. Comparing Waves and Approaches 304 References 337 Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Decentralization in government South America, Subnational governments South America

"This book identifies an issue of fundamental importance in comparative politics, and one that is at the center of debate among scholars of Latin America. Politics Beyond the Capital is a welcome addition to the literature and an admirable piece of scholarship." -John Carey,Dartmouth College "[Politics Beyond the Capital] promises to be essential reading not only for those interested in South American politics or decentralization, but also for those interested in democratization and neoliberal reform, more broadly." -Kathleen O'Neill,Cornell University