Governance in the Americas: decentralization, democracy, and subnational government in Brazil, Mexico, and the USA

Decentralization and the subnational state / Peter K. Spink, Victoria E. Rodríguez, Peter M. Ward, and Robert H. Wilson -- Two centuries of federalism in Brazil, Mexico, and the USA / Lawrence S. Graham and Allison M. Rowland -- The changing institutional capacity of subnational government: toward effective co-governance / Victoria E. Rodríguez, Peter K. Spink, and Peter M. Ward -- Intergovernmental relations and the subnational state: the decentralization of public policy making / Marta Ferreira Santos Farah, Pedro Jacobi, Victoria E. Rodríguez, Peter M. Ward, and Robert H. Wilson -- Government and citizens: the changing nature of civil society / Peter K. Spink, Victoria E. Rodríguez, Peter M. Ward, and Robert H. Wilson -- The past, present, and future of subnational governments and federalism / Peter K. Spink, Peter M. Ward, and Robert H. Wilson -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the authors and collaborators -- Index.

Intro -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Decentralization and the Subnational State -- Two Centuries of Federalism in Brazil, Mexico, and the USA -- The Changing Institutional Capacity of Subnational Government -- Intergovernmental Relations and the Subnational State -- Government and Citizens -- The Past, Present, and Future of Subnational Governments and Federalism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the Authors and Collaborators.