TY  - GEN
T1  - Going local : decentralization and the promise of good governance
A1  - Grindle, Merilee, 1945-
LA  - English
PP  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Princeton University Press
YR  - 2009
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn438216405
AB  - Many developing countries have a history of highly centralized governments. Since the late 1980s, a large number of these governments have introduced decentralization to increase democracy and improve services, especially in small communities far from capital cities. In Going Local, an unprecedented study of the effects of decentralization on thirty Mexican municipalities, Merilee Grindle describes how local governments respond when they are assigned new responsibilities and resources under decentralization policies. She explains why decentralization leads to better local governments in some c.
OP  - 278
CN  - JS113 .G75 2007eb
SN  - 9781400830350
SN  - 1400830354
SN  - 0691140987
SN  - 9780691140988
KW  - Decentralization in government.
KW  - Local government.
KW  - Decentralization in government : Mexico.
KW  - Local government : Mexico.
KW  - Local Government
KW  - Administration locale.
KW  - Administration locale : Mexique.
KW  - local government.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Government : Local.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Government : State & Provincial.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : World : General.
KW  - Decentralization in government
KW  - Local government
KW  - Mexico
KW  - Electronic book.
ER  -