Politics beyond the capital : the design of subnational institutions in South America / Kent Eaton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eaton, Kent, 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decentralization in government--South America.

Decentralization in government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 267 p. )

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2004]

Summary:

"The book focuses on the four Latin American countries where politicians have most extensively engaged in the redesign of subnational institutions: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay. By reframing the "politics of decentralization" as the "politics of designing subnational institutions," the book moves beyond the policy orientation of much of the current literature, and broadens the debate by analyzing not just decentralization but re-centralization as well."--Jacket.

Contents:

Part 1. Introduction. Explaining decentralization and re-centralization

Definitions, cases and patterns

Part 2. Nineteenth century origins, twentieth century trajectories

Decentralization from below : Argentina before 1966, Brazil before 1964

Decentralization from above: Chile and Uruguay before 1973

Part 3. : Bureaucratic authoritarianism beyond the capital

Subnational reforms by military governments

Part 4. : Subnational institutions in the third wave of democracy

The reemergence of the governors in Argentina and Brazil

National engineering of subnational institutions in Chile and Uruguay

Part 5. Conclusion

Comparing waves and approaches.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780804767408

0804767408