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BL
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996437
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b750807
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| Main Entry
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Grindle, Merilee Serrill.
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| Title & Author
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Going local : : decentralization, democratization, and the promise of good governance /\ Merilee S. Grindle.
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| Publication Statement
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Princeton, N.J. ;Woodstock :: Princeton University Press,, 2007.
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xvii, 228 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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069112907X
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: 0691140987
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: 9780691129075
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: 9780691140988
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| Notes
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"Third printing, and first paperback printing, 2009"--Verso of paperback.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Going local : governance on the line -- Decentralizing Mexico : a cautious journey -- Competitive elections and good governance -- At work in town hall : leadership and performance -- Modernizing town hall -- Civil society : extracting benefits and demanding accountability -- What's new : patterns of municipal innovation -- The promise of good governance.
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| Abstract
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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 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 cases - and why it fails to in others."--BOOK JACKET.
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Decentralization in government-- Mexico.
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Decentralization in government.
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Local government-- Mexico.
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Local government.
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Decentralization in government.
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Local government.
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Mexico.
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| Dewey Classification
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320.8
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| LC Classification
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JS113.G75 2007
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