Governance in the Americas: Decentralization, Democracy, and Subnational Government in Brazil, Mexico, and the USA (Kellogg Institute Series on Democracy and Development) - Softcover

Wilson, Robert H.; Ward, Peter M.; Spink, Peter K.; Rodriguez, Victoria E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0268044112 ISBN 13: 9780268044114

Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Wilson Robert H Ward Peter M Spink Peter K Rodrigu

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Críticas

"This book is ambitious in scope, synthesizing political patterns in three of the hemisphere's largest countries and most complex economies, discussing a multitude of subnational actors and institutions in each of these countries, and covering broad stretches of time in each country." - KENT EATON University of California, Santa Cruz"

Reseña del editor

Governance in the Americas, a multidisciplinary volume, offers important new insights about decentralization, federalism, and democratic change in the three largest federal nations in the Americas: Brazil, Mexico, and the United States. Originating in a major research project conducted by teams in each of the three countries, this study contributes significantly to our understanding of how representative and participatory democracy is being constructed at state and local levels in the recently emerged democracies of Brazil and Mexico, and is being recast and sustained in the United States.The contributors evaluate the performance of subnational governments, as these societies become more genuinely decentralized, and as new actors and managerial routines create and implement public policy. The authors challenge the criticism of ""exceptionalism"" in the United States, seeking instead to understand the points of convergence and divergence among the three countries as each seeks to improve the effectiveness and public accountability of its policy-making processes.Collaborators include Marta Ferreira Santos Farah, Lawrence S. Graham, Pedro Jacobi, and Allison M. Rowland.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0268044112
• ISBN 13: 9780268044114
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352