Governance in the Americas: Decentralization, Democracy, and Subnational Government in Brazil, Mexico, and the USA

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G O V E R N A N C E AMERICAS Decentralization, Democracy, and Subnational Government in Brazil, Mexico, and the USA by Robert H. Wilson, Peter M. Ward, Peter K. Spink, and Victoria E. Rodríguez In collaboration with Marta Ferreira Santos Farah, Lawrence S. Graham, Pedro Jacobi, and Allison M. Rowland University of Notre Dame Press Notre Dame, Indiana in the Copyright © 2008 by University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 www.undpress.nd.edu All Rights Reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Governance in the Americas : decentralization, democracy, and subnational government in Brazil, Mexico, and the USA / Robert R. Wilson . . . [et al.] ; in collaboration with Marta Ferreira Santos Farah . . . [et al.]. p. cm. — (From the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-268-04411-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-268-04411-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Decentralization in government—Brazil. 2. Federal government—Brazil. 3. Decentralization in government—Mexico. 4. Federal government—Mexico. 5. Decentralization in government—United States. 6. Federal government— United States. I. Wilson, Robert Hines. II. Farah, Marta Ferreira Santos. JL2420.S8G68 2008 320.8098—dc22 2008000408 ...