Politics Beyond the Capital
Subtitle: The Design of Subnational Institutions in South America
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: July 22, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780804749916
Subjects: Political structure & processes; Politics/International Relations; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; South America; Government - International; Government - State & Provincial; Political Science / Government / International; Decentralization in government; Subnational governments
First sentence: ONE OF THE MOST striking political trends of recent is the growing prominence of politicians who hold governmental office below the national level.
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.