Governance in the Americas : decentralization, democracy, and subnational government in Brazil, Mexico, and the USA / Robert H. Wilson [and others] ; in collaboration with Marta Ferreira Santos Farah [and others].

Other author Wilson, Robert Hines.
Other author Farah, Marta Ferreira Santos.
Other author Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies.
Format Book
Publication InfoNotre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxiii, 337 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Decentralization in government--Brazil.
Federal government--Brazil.
Decentralization in government--Mexico.
Federal government--Mexico.
Decentralization in government--United States.
Federal government--United States.

Contents Decentralization and the subnational state / Peter K. Spink, Victoria E. Rodríguez, Peter M. Ward, and Robert H. Wilson -- Two centuries of federalism in Brazil, Mexico, and the USA / Lawrence S. Graham and Allison M. Rowland -- The changing institutional capacity of subnational government: toward effective co-governance / Victoria E. Rodríguez, Peter K. Spink, and Peter M. Ward -- Intergovernmental relations and the subnational state: the decentralization of public policy making / Marta Ferreira Santos Farah, Pedro Jacobi, Victoria E. Rodríguez, Peter M. Ward, and Robert H. Wilson -- Government and citizens: the changing nature of civil society / Peter K. Spink, Victoria E. Rodríguez, Peter M. Ward, and Robert H. Wilson -- The past, present, and future of subnational governments and federalism / Peter K. Spink, Peter M. Ward, and Robert H. Wilson -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the authors and collaborators -- Index.
General note"Recent titles from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies"--P. [ii].
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 287-323) and index.
LCCN 2008000408
ISBN9780268044114 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0268044112 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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