Recentralization around the world / / editors, Juan C. Olmeda, Alejandra Armesto

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911031670803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2025]; ©2025
• ISBN: 9783031932090; 3031932099; 9783031932083; 3031932080
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (407 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps
• Collana: Executive Politics and Governance, , 2946-3688
• Disciplina: 352.283
• Soggetti: Decentralization in government; Political planning; Public administration; Political science; Sociology; Public Policy; Public Administration; Governance and Government; Case studies
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction / Juan C. Olmeda and Alejandra Armesto -- ; Part I: Strategies Behind Recentralization Processes -- ; 2. The Politics of Recentralization​:​ Definitions, Actors, and Strategies / Kent Eaton, Juan C. Olmeda and Alejandra Armesto -- ; 3. Crises and Recentralization​:​ Local Governments as a Hub of Intergovernmenta​l Relations / Silvia Bolgherini -- ; 4. Recentralization​ in Brazil:​ Walking Backwards?​ / Eduardo Grin, Rogerio Schlegel and Daniel Vazquez -- ; 5. Recentralization​ in Indonesia:​ Adjusting Course / Francis E. Hutchinson and Siwage Dharma Negara -- ; 6. Recentralization​ in South Africa:​ A ; Multilevel Analysis / Thokozani Chilenga-Butao -- ; Part II: Drivers, Opportunities, and Factors that Promote or Deter Recentralization -- ; 7. Explaining Recentralization​ in Russia / Andrey Starodubtsev -- ; 8. The Return of the Center:​ Reconfiguration of Center-State Relations in Modi’s India / Chanchal Kumar Sharma and Wilfried Swenden -- ; 9. Coalitional Dynamics and Recentralization​ in Mexico / Omar Báez and Kent Eaton -- ; 10. Recentralization​ of Urban Policies in Turkey / Özge Yüksekkaya -- ; 11. Centralizing Trends, Countertrends, and Underlying Realities in Australian Federalism / Alan Fenna -- ; Part III: Consequences of Recentralization for Governance and Regime Dynamics -- ; 13. (Re)Centralization and Local Renewable Governance in China:​ The Case of Zhejiang Province / Geoffrey Chun-fung Chen and Charles Lees -- ; 14. Political Economy of Decentralization​s and Recentralization​s in India / Satyajit Singh -- ; 15. The Last Check to Presidential Power?​ Governors and Their Limits to Democratic Backsliding in Latin America / Ángel Álvarez Díaz, Lucas I. González and Marcelo Nazareno -- ; 16. Recentralization​ and Autocratization in Putin’s Russia / Bryon Moraski -- ; 17. Conclusion / Alejandra Armesto and Juan C. Olmeda.
• Sommario/riassunto: "The 1990s witnessed a surge in decentralization, as national governments around the world sought to transfer responsibilities and prerogatives to regional and local authorities. The last two decades have seen a reversal of this trend, as national authorities have attempted to regain control over these decentralized tasks in a process known as recentralization. This book is one of the first studies to examine the process of recentralization in a global context. Drawing on country case studies from around the world, including both developed and developing countries, and democratic and authoritarian regimes, the book assesses where and why recentralization has taken place, and what has contributed to its successes and failures. It also examines recentralization in key policy areas, including education policy, health policy and environmental policy. The overall aim is to provide readers with a conceptual and theoretical understanding of recentralization and its consequences, as well as a comparative global overview of common trends and key distinctions at national and regional level. The book will appeal to all those interested in public administration, comparative politics, political science and sociology."--Provided by publisher.