▪ Abstract Research on comparative decentralization and federalism is a booming industry.
Recent research integrates insights from political science, economics, and economic history …

Is it always true that decentralization reforms put more power in the hands of governors and
mayors? In post-developmental Latin America, the surprising answer to this question is no …

" The IMF and the World Bank have integrated a large number of countries into the world
economy by requiring governments to open up to global trade, investment, and capital. They …

In China, local governments have actively contributed to the growth of new firms. In Russia,
local governments have typically stood in the way, be it through taxation, regula or …

Both advocates and critics of decentralization assume that decentralization invariably
increases the power of subnational governments. However, a closer examination of the …

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This second edition of Ethnic Conflict in World Politics is an introduction to a new era in
which civil society, states, and international actors attempt to channel ethnic challenges to …

This project started in the late 1990s with the simple observation that however compelling
and elegant, leading theories of federalism in economics and political science had little to do …

Fully revised and updated to reflect the considerable changes in Russia over the last
decade, the fifth edition of this classic text builds on the strengths of previous editions to …

Can Russia ever become a normal, free-market, democratic society? Why have so many
reforms failed since the Soviet Union's collapse? In this highly-original work, Fiona Hill and …