Boosting competitiveness through decentralization
Subtitle: subnational comparison of local development in Mexico
By: by Aylin Topal
Series: Cities and society
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781409425724; 9781409425731
Subjects: Economic policy; Politics and government; Central-local government relations; Public-private sector cooperation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: Introduction; title: Towards a political economy approach to decentralization; title: Decentralization policies in Mexico : reforming forms of interest representation and state intervention; title: Public-private partnership leads local development : entrepreneurialism in Chihuahua; title: Oil production as the dominant force : authoritarian state-led local development in Tabasco; title: When business class allies with a strong indigenous peasant movement : contested local development in Guerrero; title: Conclusion; title: Bibliography; title: Appendix; title: Index.