Illiberal practices : territorial variance within large federal democracies /
Whitehead, Laurence,editor.
Behrend, Jacqueline,1975-editor.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Setting the comparative agenda : territorially uneven democratization : processes in large federations / Jacqueline Behrend and Laurence Whitehead -- pt. I. The United States and India in historical perspective: 2. Federalism and subnational democratization in the United States : the South in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / Edward L. Gibson and Desmond King -- 3. Subnational democratization in India : the role of colonial competition and central intervention / Maya Tudor and Adam Ziegfeld -- pt. II. The diverse origins of illiberal structures and practices in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico: 4. Federal intervention and subnational democratization in Argentina : a comparative perspective / Jacqueline Behrend -- 5. The dimensions of democratic and hybrid subnational regimes : evidence from an expert survey in Argentina / Carlos Gervasoni -- 6. Subnational hybrid regimes and democratization in Brazil : why party nationalization matters / Andre Borges -- 7. The rise and fall of illiberal politics in the Brazilian state of Bahia / Celina Souza -- 8. Social heterogeneity, political mediation, and subnational illiberalism : Oaxaca and Puebla, Mexico / Julian Durazo Herrmann -- pt. III. Russia and the boundaries of democracy: 9. Subnational democratization and electoral authoritarianism in Russia : from subnational regime diversity to unitary authoritarianism / Inga A-L. Saikkonen -- pt. IV. Mapping the cases: 10. Uneven processes and multiple pathways / Laurence Whitehead and Jacqueline Behrend.
Federal government
Subnational governments
Representative government and representation
Central-local government relations
Democracy