Capital city politics in Latin America : democratization and empowerment / edited by David J. Myers and Henry A. Dietz ; contributors, Julio D. Dávila [and seventeen others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Myers, David J., 1940- editor.

Dietz, Henry A., editor.

Dávila, Julio D., contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Municipal government--Latin America.

Municipal government.

Capitals (Cities)--Latin America.

Capitals (Cities).

Community power--Latin America.

Community power.

Democracy--Latin America.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado ; London, [England] : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As Latin America's new democratic regimes have decentralized, the region's capital cities--and their elected mayors--have gained increasing importance. Capital City Politics in Latin America tells the story of these cities: how they are changing operationally, how the the empowerment of mayors and other municipal institutions is exacerbating political tensions between local executives and regional and national entities, and how the cities' growing significance affects traditional political patterns throughout society. The authors weave a tapestry that illustrates the impact of local, national, and transnational power relations on the strategies available to Latin America's capital city mayors as they seek to transform their greater influence into desired actions.

Contents:

""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1-The Dynamics of Local Empowerment: An Overview""; ""The Cities""; ""Capital Cities and Waves of Democracy""; ""Themes of Change""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""2-Bogotá: Progress Within a Hostile Environment""; ""The City�s Changing Boundaries""; ""The Government of Bogotá""; ""The Office of Mayor""; ""Mayoral Opportunities and Constraints""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""3-Buenos Aires: The Evolution of Local Governance""; ""From Small Village to National Capital, 1536�1880""

""From Federalization to Gran Buenos Aires, 1880�1943""""From the Rise of Peronism to the Last Dictatorship, 1943�1983""; ""From Democratic Transition to Local Autonomy, 1983�Present""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""4-Caracas: Incomplete Empowerment Amid Geopolitical Feudalism""; ""Caracas Under the Traditional Elite""; ""Caracas and the Consolidation ofSecond Wave Democracy""; ""Capital City Politics Amid Political Decay""; ""Institutional Changes in Metropolitan Governance""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""5-Guatemala City: Mayors and the Strugglefor Political Autonomy""

""Historical Overview""""Reverse Wave Authoritarianism and the Capital City, 1954�1986""; ""The Third Wave of Democracy, 1986 to the Present""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""6-Havana: The Dynamics of Local Executive Power""; ""Havana�s Colonial Legacy""; ""Crisis in the Multiparty System""; ""Greater Havana Under the 1940 Constitution""; ""The Revolution and the Socialist Capital""; ""“Macrocephalic� Conditions in the Cuban Capital""; ""Entrepreneurship and Governance""; ""Redefining Leadership and Authority in the Cuban Capital""; ""Conclusions""

""7-Lima: Centralized Authority vs. the Struggle for Autonomy""""The Primacy of Lima""; ""Waves and Riptides""; ""ISI and Post�World War II Peruvian Development""; ""Lima and Its Problems""; ""The Distribution of Power:National, Provincial, and District""; ""Security Issues""; ""Entitlements""; ""Interest Groups in Lima""; ""The Urban Built Environment""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""8-Mexico City: The Local-National Dynamics of Democratization""; ""Connecting City and Nation, 1928�1952""; ""The Heyday of Mayoral Autonomy, 1952�1964""; ""Limits to Local Autonomy, 1964�1976""

""Beyond Mayoral Autonomy, 1976�1987""""Translating Partial Democracy into Autonomous Urban Policy, 1987�1996""; ""From Urban to National Democracy, 1997�2000""; ""Consolidated Democracy and Mayoral Actions""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""9-Santiago: Municipal Decentralization in a Centralized Political System""; ""Santiago as the Center of National Life: From Colonial Period to 1973""; ""ISI, the Developmentalist State, and the Centrality of Santiago""; ""Authoritarian Deconcentration Without Participation, 1973�1990""; ""Decentralization and the Return to Democracy, 1990�2000""

""Metropolitan Santiago and Local Government, 2000 and Beyond""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62637-128-8

OCLC:

1334344015