03601nam 2200697 a 450 991082854330332120200520144314.00-268-09658-9(CKB)2560000000052305(EBL)3440993(SSID)ssj0000484711(PQKBManifestationID)11303848(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484711(PQKBWorkID)10594514(PQKB)11633226(MiAaPQ)EBC3440993(OCoLC)649386195(MdBmJHUP)muse9924(Au-PeEL)EBL3440993(CaPaEBR)ebr10423318(EXLCZ)99256000000005230520080107d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGovernance 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.]1st ed.Notre Dame, Ind. University of Notre Dame Pressc20081 online resource (xiii, 337 pages)Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies"Recent titles from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies"--P. [ii].0-268-04411-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-323) and index.Decentralization and the subnational state / Peter K. Spink, Victoria E. Rodriguez, 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. Rodriguez, 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. Rodriguez, Peter M. Ward, and Robert H. Wilson -- Government and citizens: the changing nature of civil society / Peter K. Spink, Victoria E. Rodriguez, 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.Offers important new insights about decentralization, federalism, and democratic change in the three largest federal nations in the Americas: Brazil, Mexico, and the United States.From the Helen Kellogg Institute for International StudiesDecentralization in governmentBrazilFederal governmentBrazilDecentralization in governmentMexicoFederal governmentMexicoDecentralization in governmentUnited StatesFederal governmentUnited StatesDecentralization in governmentFederal governmentDecentralization in governmentFederal governmentDecentralization in governmentFederal government320.8098Wilson Robert Hines302787Farah Marta Ferreira Santos1652575Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828543303321Governance in the Americas4003322UNINA