Decentralization and Recentralization in the Developing World - Comparative Studies from Africa and Latin America

Examines decentralization and recentralization in the developing world, focusing on a comparison of Brazil and South Africa in the 1990s. Argues that decentralization follows declines in executive power, while subsequent recentralization is contingent upon presidents gaining exceptional governing opportunities, especially by resolving economic crises.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

J. Tyler Dickovick is Associate Professor of Politics at Washington and Lee University.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: J Tyler Dickovick, J. Tyler Dickovick, J. Tyler (Assistant Professor Dickovick
• Verlag: University Presses
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 21.03.2011
• EAN: 9780271037905
• ISBN: 978-0-271-03790-5
• Abmessung: 152 mm x 229 mm x 24 mm
• Gewicht: 481 g
• Illustration: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Development Studies