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100			_aGrindle, Merilee
245			_aGoing local : _bdecentralization and the promise of good governance _cMerilee Grindle (Author)
260			_a Princeton, N.J. _bPrinceton University Press _c2009
300			_axvii, 278 pages) : _billustrations _c22 cm
505			_aGoing 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
520			_aMany 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
650			_aDecentralization in government _zMexico
650			_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE Government Local
650			_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE World General local government
887			_2CamTech Library
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