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Audacious reforms : institutional invention and democracy in Latin America /

Main Author: Grindle, Merilee Serrill.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.
Subjects:
Local elections > Latin America
Decentralization in government > Latin America
Central-local government relations > Latin America
Democracy > Latin America
Political participation > Latin America
Political Participation.
Élections locales > Amérique latine
Décentralisation administrative > Amérique latine
Relations gouvernement central-collectivités locales > Amérique latine
Démocratie locale > Amérique latine
Participation politique > Amérique latine
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
Central-local government relations.
Decentralization in government.
Democracy.
Local elections.
Decentralisatie.
Lokaal bestuur.
Latin America.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Audacious reforms : democratizing Latin America
  • 2. Explaining the unexpected
  • 3. Institutional invention in Venezuela : legitimizing the system
  • 4. New rules of the game : consequences of change in Venezuela
  • 5. Political engineering in Bolivia : the law for popular participation
  • 6. A new conundrum : national-local politics in Bolivia
  • 7. Pacting institutional change in Argentina
  • 8. Waiting for Godot? constitutional change in Argentine practice
  • 9. Democratizing reforms : origins and consequences.

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