Decentralisation is assumed to benefit subnational government by increasing its autonomy from central government. This paper challenges this assumption by arguing that decentralisation can have mixed effects on vertical intergovernmental relations (national-subnational). Some decentralisation policies may result in greater subnational autonomy from national government, while some decentralisation policies may paradoxically increase a subnational unit’s dependence on national government. By deconstructing decentralisation into its administrative, fiscal and political nature, and by identifying different patterns of fiscal and administrative decentralisation, the paper examines decentralisation policies in Mexico and Brazil. Although both cou...
The aim of the present study is to investigate how and why a country facing issues that needed to be...
This dissertation examines the causes and the process of decentralization in Latin America. Decentra...
Enhanced autonomy of sub-national governments has spurred innovative management. Spending assignment...
Texto completo. Acesso restrito..p. 263-279Brazil became a highly decentralized country following de...
Several Latin American countries have historic experiences with federal arrangements and decentraliz...
Federalist systems are considered centralized when the national government has greater weight in the...
To analyse the decentralization as a decisive power transfer to the municipality or to the city coun...
Through the process of redemocratization, Brazil has become a highly decentralized nation. The resul...
In federative countries with high regional socio-economic inequalities, the debate on territorial de...
Esta dissertação visa apresentar tendências do federalismo brasileiro com a promulgação da Constitui...
Abstract: Does decentralization always transfer power from the national executive to governors and ...
What factors shape decentralization processes in Latin American federations? This work reviews and s...
The predominant characteristics of decentralization in Latin America condition the exercise and scop...
RESUMEN: Las características predominantes de la descentralizaciónen América Latina condicionan el e...
The demand for regional autonomy, which crystallised in the 1990s during municipal decentralisation,...
The aim of the present study is to investigate how and why a country facing issues that needed to be...
This dissertation examines the causes and the process of decentralization in Latin America. Decentra...
Enhanced autonomy of sub-national governments has spurred innovative management. Spending assignment...
Texto completo. Acesso restrito..p. 263-279Brazil became a highly decentralized country following de...
Several Latin American countries have historic experiences with federal arrangements and decentraliz...
Federalist systems are considered centralized when the national government has greater weight in the...
To analyse the decentralization as a decisive power transfer to the municipality or to the city coun...
Through the process of redemocratization, Brazil has become a highly decentralized nation. The resul...
In federative countries with high regional socio-economic inequalities, the debate on territorial de...
Esta dissertação visa apresentar tendências do federalismo brasileiro com a promulgação da Constitui...
Abstract: Does decentralization always transfer power from the national executive to governors and ...
What factors shape decentralization processes in Latin American federations? This work reviews and s...
The predominant characteristics of decentralization in Latin America condition the exercise and scop...
RESUMEN: Las características predominantes de la descentralizaciónen América Latina condicionan el e...
The demand for regional autonomy, which crystallised in the 1990s during municipal decentralisation,...
The aim of the present study is to investigate how and why a country facing issues that needed to be...
This dissertation examines the causes and the process of decentralization in Latin America. Decentra...
Enhanced autonomy of sub-national governments has spurred innovative management. Spending assignment...