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.]
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| Titolo: |
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.]
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| Pubblicazione: | Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2008 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiii, 337 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 320.8098 |
| Soggetto topico: | Decentralization in government - Brazil |
| Federal government - Brazil | |
| Decentralization in government - Mexico | |
| Federal government - Mexico | |
| Decentralization in government - United States | |
| Federal government - United States | |
| Altri autori: |
WilsonRobert Hines
FarahMarta Ferreira Santos
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| 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. 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Governance in the Americas |
| ISBN: | 0-268-09658-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910828543303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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From the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies