Decentralization, democratic governance, and civil society in comparative perspective : Africa, Asia, and Latin America /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2004.
Description:	x, 351 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Decentralization in government -- Africa. Decentralization in government -- Asia. Decentralization in government -- Latin America. Local government -- Africa. Local government -- Asia. Local government -- Latin America. Decentralization in government. Local government. Africa. Asia. Latin America.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5186295

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Other authors / contributors:	Oxhorn, Philip. Tulchin, Joseph S., 1939- Selee, Andrew D.
ISBN:	0801879191 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-333) and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
1. Unraveling the Puzzle of Decentralization
Part I.. Latin America
2. Twenty Years of Decentralization in Mexico: A Top-Down Process
3. Decentralization and Civil Society in Mexico
4. State Decentralization and Regional Actors in Chile
5. Local Governance and Democratization: The View from the Chilean Border
Part II.. Africa
6. South Africa's Double Reform: Decentralization and the Transition from Apartheid
7. Kenya's Decentralization through the Devolution of Power: Advances and Limits
Part III.. Asia
8. The Philippines: Decentralization, Local Governments, and Citizen Action
9. Decentralization and Regional Autonomy in Indonesia
Conclusion
10. Decentralization and Democratic Governance: Lessons and Challenges
Selected Bibliographies: General and Regional
Contributors
Index

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