Browsing by Subject "decentralization"
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(2011-03-29)Department: Political ScienceThis dissertation develops and tests a theory of political survival of local elites in order to explain the uneven effects of decentralization on Latin American and Caribbean participatory democracies. This theory rests ...
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(2008-04-21)Department: Political ScienceUsing the Latin American cases of Bolivia and Guatemala, this dissertation has produced findings in four different areas related to the relationship between ethnic identities and national politics: First, the definition ...
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(2018-03-12)Department: Political ScienceIs democracy good for local development? This dissertation argues that as the number of competitive candidates for local office increases, candidates need fewer votes to result elected. This tendency shapes how local ...