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Constitutional Engineering in Brazil : The Politics of Federalism and Decentralization
by Celina Souza
Overview
The book investigates why a country facing issues that needed to be tackled nationwide chose to decentralize when it moved from authoritarianism to democracy. It discusses the events of the Brazilian constituent assembly and investigates the results of decentralization at the subnational sphere. The results suggest that there was a lack of social consensus on what was to be achieved by decentralization. They suggest that political and economic factors influence the outcomes of decentralization, thus exposing the limits of decentralization on policy results.
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- ISBN-13: 9780312174835
- ISBN-10: 0312174837
- Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
- Publish Date: September 1997
- Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.65 x 0.95 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.8 pounds
- Page Count: 211
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