Decentralization is a highly popular concept, being a key element of Primary Health Care
policies. There are, however, certain negative implications of decentralization that must be …

This book aims to explain the variation in the models of economic liberalization across Ibero-
America in the last quarter of the twentieth century, and the legacies they produced for the …

Se trata de un libro que entra de lleno en lo que se conoce dentro de la Ciencia Política
como sub-campo de Política Comparada, y busca ser abarcativo al estudiar empresarios …

¿ Por qué Chile ha sido, es, y probablemente seguirá siendo a menos que nosotros
hagamos otra cosa un país recalcitrantemente centralista?¿ Cuáles han sido los factores …

Decentralization has become a ubiquitous con-cept in discussions on development. In
particular, it has been associated with social policies designed to improve the life situation of …

La división territorial de un Estado nunca es reflejo exacto de la distribución real de la
población sobre el territorio; en el caso de la República Argentina, es de una extrema …

From democratic restoration in the 1980s up to today, most Latin American countries have
been struggling constantly to find a workable balance between the need to strengthen the …

This article discusses the activities of the Unión Demócrata Independiente (Independent
Democratic Union, UDI) in the poblaciones of Greater Santiago, specifically looking at the …

This chapter surveys the recent trajectory of grassroots political activity in Latin America, and
examines its role in promoting social development in the continent. The argument focuses …

How stable are Korean municipal revenue and expenditure patterns? What accounts for
observed differences across cities in the level of stability in those patterns? Over time, has …