Going local : decentralization and the promise of good governance Merilee Grindle (Author)

By:

Grindle, Merilee

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press 2009Description: xvii, 278 pages) : illustrations 22 cmISBN:

9780691140988

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DDC classification:

320.8 GRI

Contents:

Going local : governance on the line Decentralizing Mexico : a cautious journey Competitive elections and good governance At work in town hall : leadership and performance Modernizing town hall Civil society : extracting benefits and demanding accountability What's new : patterns of municipal innovation The promise of good governance

Summary: Many developing countries have a history of highly centralized governments. Since the late 1980s, a large number of these governments have introduced decentralization to increase democracy and improve services, especially in small communities far from capital cities. In Going Local, an unprecedented study of the effects of decentralization on thirty Mexican municipalities, Merilee Grindle describes how local governments respond when they are assigned new responsibilities and resources under decentralization policies. She explains why decentralization leads to better local governments in some c

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Going local : governance on the line
Decentralizing Mexico : a cautious journey
Competitive elections and good governance
At work in town hall : leadership and performance
Modernizing town hall
Civil society : extracting benefits and demanding accountability
What's new : patterns of municipal innovation
The promise of good governance

Many developing countries have a history of highly centralized governments. Since the late 1980s, a large number of these governments have introduced decentralization to increase democracy and improve services, especially in small communities far from capital cities. In Going Local, an unprecedented study of the effects of decentralization on thirty Mexican municipalities, Merilee Grindle describes how local governments respond when they are assigned new responsibilities and resources under decentralization policies. She explains why decentralization leads to better local governments in some c

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