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Tables and Figures Tables 1.1 Demographic, Social, and Economic Indicators in Brazil, Mexico, and the USA 15 3.1 Federal and Subnational Arenas in Brazil, Mexico, and the USA 92 3.2 Women’s Representation in Different Levels and Branches of Government in the Three Countries 124 4.1 General Trends in Subnational Fiscal Systems, 1980–2005 155 5.1 Membership in Organizations, USA and Mexico 214 5.2 Participation in Civic Political Activism by Region, Mexico and the USA Compared 229 5.3 Perceptions of Democracy and Its Tasks among Mexican and U.S. Populations 239 5.4 Civil Society across the Three Countries 243 Figures 3.1 Relative Powers of Governmental Branches and Directionality of Change: Federal Level (1990s–Present) 102 vii viii Tables and Figures 3.2 Relative Powers of Governmental Branches and Directionality of Change: State Level (1990s–Present) 103 3.3 Relative Powers of Governmental Branches and Directionality of Change: Local Level (1990s–Present) 104 ...

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