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Cities and Society Ser.: Boosting Competitiveness Through Decentralization : Subnational Comparison of Local Development in Mexico by Aylin Topal (2016, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-101138268623

ISBN-139781138268623

eBay Product ID (ePID)234311601

Product Key Features

Number of Pages168 Pages

Publication NameBoosting Competitiveness Through Decentralization : Subnational Comparison of Local Development in Mexico

LanguageEnglish

SubjectGlobalization

Publication Year2016

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science

AuthorAylin Topal

SeriesCities and Society Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal338.972

SynopsisDecentralization is accepted as one of the defining features of the third wave of democratic transitions in Latin America and commonly understood as an index and an agent of democratization. This rather optimistic perspective is inherent in the literature which is dominated by two theories. The liberal-individualist approach, especially as advocated by the World Bank, promotes decentralization policies on the premise of their efficiency, equity, and responsiveness to local demands. Similarly, the statist approach claims that decentralization can be the route to greater accountability, transparency and participation in governance; they add that this path should be guided by political elites and institutions. These dominant views nevertheless understate the extent to which certain decentralization policies have been implemented in lockstep with neoliberalization. This book examines the relationship between global economic processes and decentralization. It argues that through decentralization policies, the imperatives of neoliberal rules of competitiveness have been diffused into local governments and economies, generating different local development models. Whether decentralization produces democratic opening at the local level is contingent on how the local economy is integrated into global economic processes, and which social and economic groups are empowered, and disempowered, in that transition.