Going Local: Decentralization, Democratization, and the Promise of Good Governance

by Merilee S . Grindle (Author)

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  2009

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  A study of the effects of decentralization on thirty Mexican municipalities. It describes how local governments respond when they are assigned new responsibilities and resources under decentralization policies. It explains why decentralization leads to better local governments in some cases - and why it fails to in others.