Capital city politics in Latin America : democratization and empowerment /
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| Imprint: | Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner, 2002. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 408 pages) : map |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11404687 |
Table of Contents:
- Dynamics of local empowerment: an overview / David J. Myers
- Bogota: progress within a hostile environment / Alan G. Gilbert, Julio D. Dávila
- Buenos Aires: the evolution of local governance / Miguel De Luca, Mark P. Jones, María Inés Tula
- Caracas: incomplete empowerment amid geopolitical feudalism / Steve Ellner, David J. Myers
- Guatemala City: mayors and the struggle for political autonomy / David Jickling, Alexandra Garcia-Iragorri
- Havana: the dynamics of local executive power / Joseph L. Scarpaci
- Lima: centralized authority vs. the struggle for autonomy / Henry A. Dietz, Martín Tanaka
- Mexico City: the local-national dynamics of democratization / Diane E. Davis
- Santiago: municipal decentralization in a centralized political system / Peter M. Siavelis, Esteban Valenzuela Van Treek, Giorgio Martelli
- Sao Paolo: tensions between clientelism and participatory democracy / Lawrence S. Graham, Pedro Jacobi
- Conclusions / Henry A. Dietz, David J. Myers.