The Quiet Revolution
Subtitle: Decentralization and the Rise of Political Participation in Latin American Cities (Pitt Latin American Series)
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: April 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780822957966
Subjects: Local government; Political structure & processes; Political Science; Latin America; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Political participation; Government - State & Provincial; Political History; Political Ideologies - Democracy; Decentralization in government; Democratization
Description: "The Quiet Revolution traces the growth and effects of decentralization and democratization in Latin America throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Based on first-hand accounts from mayors, local officials, and neighborhood leaders, Tim Campbell focuses on those cities and towns that made the most of their new intergovernmental arrangements. He further argues that the reforms, which are vital to long-term sustainable growth in the region, are in danger of being smothered by current policy responses from national and international institutions.

Campbell's research, conducted over a ten-years span, counters conventional wisdom about the role of development banks in the process of state reform and offers timely insights into similar events taking place in other parts of the world."--Jacket.