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Decentralized Development in Latin America - Experiences in Local Governance and Local Development (Paperback, 2010 ed.)
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Decentralized Development in Latin America - Experiences in Local Governance and Local Development (Paperback, 2010 ed.)
Series: GeoJournal Library, 97
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Much of the scholarly and professional literature on development
focuses either on the 'macro' level of national policies and
politics or on the 'micro' level of devel- ment projects and
household or community socio-economic dynamics. By contrast, this
collection pitches itself at the 'meso' level with a comparative
exploration of the ways in which local institutions -
municipalities, local governments, city authorities, civil society
networks and others - have demanded, and taken on, a greater role
in planning and managing development in the Latin American region.
The book's rich empirical studies reveal that local institutions
have engaged upwards, with central authorities, to shape their
policy and resource environments and in turn, been pressured from
'below' by local actors contesting the ways in which the structures
and processes of local governance are framed. The examples covered
in this volume range from global cities, such as Mexico and
Santiago, to remote rural areas of the Bolivian and Brazilian
Amazon. As a result the book provides a deep understanding of the
diversity and complexity of local governance and local development
in Latin America, while avoiding the stereotyped claims about the
impact of globalisation or the potential benefits of
decentralisation, as frequently stated in less empirically grounded
analysis.
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