The quiet revolution : decentralization and the rise of political participation in Latin American cities /

Campbell's research, conducted over a ten-years span, counters conventional wisdom about the role of development banks in the process of state reform and offers timely insights into similar events taking place in other parts of the world."--Jacket.

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Main Author: Campbell, Tim, 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2003.
Series:Pitt Latin American series.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Backdrop of Change and Overview of Reform
  • The Backdrop to Revolution and the Seeds of Reform
  • National Strategies and Local Response
  • Unlikely Pioneers
  • National Decentralization Strategies
  • Dimensions of Reform
  • Political Participation and Local Government: Fiscal Choice and Expressing Voice
  • Neighborhood Works, Poverty and the Environment
  • Finances: Participation in the New Fiscal Bargain
  • Prospects for Sustained Reform
  • Creating a New Model of Government: Contests, Competition, and Civil Markets
  • Banking on Decentralization in Continents of Cities: Looking Back on Assistance and Looking Forward to Reform.