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Going Local: Decentralization, Democratization, and the Promise of Good Governance
by Grindle, Merilee S
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Princeton University Press, 2009.. Royal octavo, softcover, fine in orange wraps. Clean and unmarked. Author explains why decentralization leads to better local governments in some cases - and why it fails to in others. Combining quantitative and qualitative methods, Grindle examines data based on a random sample of Mexican municipalities - and ventures into town halls to follow public officials as they seek to manage a variety of tasks amid conflicting pressures and new expectations. Decentralization, she discovers, is a double-edged sword. While it allows public leaders to make significant reforms quickly, institutional weaknesses undermine the durability of change, and legacies of the past continue to affect how public problems are addressed. 228 pp. including index.
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- Title
- Going Local: Decentralization, Democratization, and the Promise of Good Governance
- Author
- Grindle, Merilee S
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0691140987
- ISBN 13
- 9780691140988
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press, 2009.
- This edition first published
- 2009-03
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