Death and Conversion in the Andes: Lima and Cuzco, 1532-1670 (History, Languages, and Cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese Worlds) - Softcover

Ramos, Gabriela

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0268040281 ISBN 13: 9780268040284

Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press, 2010

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Páginas:370Géneros:12:JP:Politics&government12:JPHV:Politicalstructures:democracy12:JPQB:CentralgovernmentpoliciesSinopsis:Thenineessaysinthiscollectionrepresentthefirstbook-lengthtreatmentofoneofthemajorchangesthathaveshapedLatinAmericasinceindependence

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"Montero, Samuels, and the contributors are to be congratulated for producing a volume that is coherent, integrated, and timely. Graduate students and professionals will not only find it useful empirically and analytically but also will consider it a mine for endless propositions and hypotheses for testing and investigating. Overall, Decentralization and Democracy in Latin America is a valuable and solid volume."--Perspectives on Political Science

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The nine essays in this collection represent the first book-length treatment of one of the major changes that have shaped Latin America since independence: decentralization of the state. Contributors argue that though the assignment of political, fiscal, and administrative duties to subnational governments has been one of the most important political developments in Latin America, it is also one of the most overlooked. This volume is divided into three sections. Part one presents an overview of the topic by the editors; part two considers the political origins of decentralization; and part three examines decentralization and economic reforms. Decentralization and Democracy in Latin America explores the causes of decentralization in six significant case studies: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Venezuela. Shorter analyses of Uruguay and Peru are also included. The essays in this volume find substantial common ground across regime types, historical periods, and countries, and yield several substantive conclusions. First, historical-institutional and socioeconomic legacies matter. Second, democratization and neoliberal reform are neither necessary nor sufficient to explain decentralization. Finally, institutional and electoralist approaches, supplemented with analysis of macro and distal factors, offer the most promising avenues for further research.

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• Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0268040281
• ISBN 13: 9780268040284
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 370