Decentralization, Democratization, and Informal Power in Mexico

by Andrew Selee

In the last two decades of the twentieth century, many countries in Latin America freed themselves from the burden of their authoritarian pasts and developed democratic political systems. At the same time, they began a process of shifting many governmental responsibilities from the national to the state and local levels. Much has been written about how decentralization has fostered democratization, but informal power relationships inherited from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271048441
• ISBN13: 9780271048444
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"