Boundary control
Subtitle: federalism and subnational authoritarianism in democratic countries
By: Edward L. Gibson, Northwestern University
Series: Cambridge studies in comparative politics
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780521192231; 9780521127332
Subjects: Federal government; Central-local government relations; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General; Authoritarianism; Subnational governments
Description: "This book explains how subnational authoritarianism is part of normal democratic politics and strategic interactions between local authoritarians and national democratic leaders"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Territorial politics and subnational democratization: charting the theoretical landscape; 3. Subnational authoritarianism in the United States: boundary control and the "Solid South"; 4. Boundary control in democratizing Argentina; 5. Boundary control in democratizing Mexico; 6. Boundary control: comparisons and conclusions.