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14 produkter
Challenging the State
Crisis and Innovation in Latin America and Africa
Av Merilee S. Grindle, Ellen Comisso m. fl.
Inbunden, 1996
1563 kr
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The 1980s and 1990s posed great challenges to governments in Latin America and Africa. Deep economic crises and significantly heightened pressure for political reform severely taxed their capacity to manage economic and political tasks. These crises pointed to an intense need to reform the state …
Challenging the State
Crisis and Innovation in Latin America and Africa
Av Merilee S. Grindle, Ellen Comisso m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
569 kr
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The 1980s and 1990s posed great challenges to governments in Latin America and Africa. Deep economic crises and significantly heightened pressure for political reform severely taxed their capacity to manage economic and political tasks. These crises pointed to an intense need to reform the state …
Proclaiming Revolution: Bolivia in Comparative Perspective
Av Merilee S. Grindle, Pilar Domingo
Häftad, 2003
228 kr
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Jobs for the Boys
Patronage and the State in Comparative Perspective
Inbunden, 2012
554 kr
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Patronage systems in the public service are universally reviled as undemocratic and corrupt. Yet patronage was the prevailing method of staffing government for centuries, and in some countries it still is. In Jobs for the Boys, Merilee Grindle considers why patronage has been so ubiquitous in …
Despite the Odds
The Contentious Politics of Education Reform
Häftad, 2004
828 kr
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Despite the Odds poses an important question: How can we account for successful policy reform initiatives when the political cards are stacked against change? Theories of politics usually predict that reform initiatives will be unsuccessful when powerful groups are opposed to change and …
Going Local
Decentralization, Democratization, and the Promise of Good Governance
Häftad, 2009
325 kr
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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 …
Despite the Odds
The Contentious Politics of Education Reform
E-bok, 2018
624 kr
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Despite the Odds poses an important question: How can we account for successful policy reform initiatives when the political cards are stacked against change? Theories of politics usually predict that reform initiatives will be unsuccessful when powerful groups are opposed to change and …
Politics and Policy Implementation in the Third World
Häftad, 2017
998 kr
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This book addresses the broader questions of how both the content and the context of public policy affect its implementation. Through a series of case studies from Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Zambia, Kenya, and India, ten scholars here demonstrate that numerous factors intervene between the …
Politics and Policy Implementation in the Third World
Inbunden, 2017
2454 kr
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This book addresses the broader questions of how both the content and the context of public policy affect its implementation. Through a series of case studies from Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Zambia, Kenya, and India, ten scholars here demonstrate that numerous factors intervene between the …
State and Countryside
Development Policy and Agrarian Politics in Latin America
Häftad, 1986
430 kr
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What is responsible for the persistance of underdevelopment in rural Latin America? Merilee S. Grindle analyzes the role of public policies in stimulating agrarian change in Latin America from 1940 to 1980. Assessing the cases of Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil, she concludes that state policies aimed …
Public Choices and Policy Change
The Political Economy of Reform in Developing Countries
Av Merilee S. Grindle, John W. Thomas
Häftad, 1991
452 kr
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Audacious Reforms
Institutional Invention and Democracy in Latin America
Häftad, 2000
369 kr
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Audacious Reforms examines the creation of new political institutions in three Latin American countries: direct elections for governors and mayors in Venezuela, radical municipalization in Bolivia, and direct election of the mayor of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Diverging from the usual incremental …
Going Local
Decentralization, Democratization, and the Promise of Good Governance
E-bok, 2009
419 kr
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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 …
Politics and Policy Implementation in the Third World
E-bok, 2017
742 kr
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This book addresses the broader questions of how both the content and the context of public policy affect its implementation. Through a series of case studies from Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Zambia, Kenya, and India, ten scholars here demonstrate that numerous factors intervene between the …
