Decentralization and recentralization in the developing world : comparative studies from Africa and Latin America / J. Tyler Dickovick.
2011
JF60 .D49 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
Decentralization and recentralization in the developing world : comparative studies from Africa and Latin America / J. Tyler Dickovick.
ISBN
9780271037905 (alk. paper)
0271037903 (alk. paper)
0271037903 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2011.
Language
English
Description
xv, 229 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
JF60 .D49 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
320.809172/4
Summary
"Examines decentralization and recentralization in the developing world, focusing on a comparison of Brazil and South Africa in the 1990s. Argues that decentralization follows declines in executive power, while subsequent recentralization is contingent upon presidents gaining exceptional governing opportunities, especially by resolving economic crises"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
1. Decentralization and Recentralization in Developing Countries
2. Historical Trajectories in Subnational Autonomy
3. Subnational Revenue Autonomy
4. Subnational Expenditure Autonomy
5. Subnational Contractual Autonomy
6. Subnational Autonomy in Unitary States
7. When the Center Holds: Conclusions and Implications
Appendix: Interviewees (by Country)
References
Index.
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
1. Decentralization and Recentralization in Developing Countries
2. Historical Trajectories in Subnational Autonomy
3. Subnational Revenue Autonomy
4. Subnational Expenditure Autonomy
5. Subnational Contractual Autonomy
6. Subnational Autonomy in Unitary States
7. When the Center Holds: Conclusions and Implications
Appendix: Interviewees (by Country)
References
Index.