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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910791418803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Notre Dame, Ind. : , : University of Notre Dame Press, , 2008; ©2008
• ISBN: 0-268-09658-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 337 pages)
• Collana: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies
• Altri autori (Persone): WilsonRobert Hines; FarahMarta Ferreira Santos
• Disciplina: 320.8098
• Soggetti: Decentralization in government - Brazil; Federal government - Brazil; Decentralization in government - Mexico; Federal government - Mexico; Decentralization in government - United States; Federal government - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Recent titles from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies"--P. [ii].
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-323) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.