Governance in the Americas [electronic resource] : decentralization, democracy, and subnational government in Brazil, Mexico, and the USA / Robert H. Wilson ... [et al.] ; in collaboration with Marta Ferreira Santos Farah ... [et al.].

"Recent titles from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies"--P. [ii].

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-323) and index.

Decentralization and the subnational state / Peter K. Spink, Victoria E. Rodr�iguez, Peter M. Ward, and Robert H. Wilson -- Two centuries of federalism in Brazil, Mexico, and the USA / Lawrence S. Graham and Allison M. Rowland -- The changing institutional capacity of subnational government: toward effective co-governance / Victoria E. Rodr�iguez, Peter K. Spink, and Peter M. Ward -- Intergovernmental relations and the subnational state: the decentralization of public policy making / Marta Ferreira Santos Farah, Pedro Jacobi, Victoria E. Rodr�iguez, Peter M. Ward, and Robert H. Wilson -- Government and citizens: the changing nature of civil society / Peter K. Spink, Victoria E. Rodr�iguez, Peter M. Ward, and Robert H. Wilson -- The past, present, and future of subnational governments and federalism / Peter K. Spink, Peter M. Ward, and Robert H. Wilson -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the authors and collaborators -- Index.

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