Perspectives of Brazilian State and Local Government - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Perspectives of Brazilian State and Local Government write by Ivan L. Richardson. This book was released on 1965. Perspectives of Brazilian State and Local Government available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Perspectives of Brazilian Public Administration
Perspectives of Brazilian Public Administration - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Perspectives of Brazilian Public Administration write by Robert T. Daland. This book was released on 1963. Perspectives of Brazilian Public Administration available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Challenge of Local Government Size
The Challenge of Local Government Size - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Challenge of Local Government Size write by Santiago Lago-Peñas. This book was released on 2013-07-01. The Challenge of Local Government Size available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the efficient delivery of local public services, size matters. Many countries around the world have vertical government structures that are perceived as inefficient because of their high levels of jurisdictional fragmentation. This timely volume examines the different strategies used to address local government fragmentation and their observed results and consequences. Expert contributors in economics and political science offer a comprehensive breakdown of the issue of local jurisdiction fragmentation and provide recommendations for successful policy reform. Topics discussed include economies of scale, the costs and benefits of voluntary and forced amalgamation programs, the correlation between government size and corruption, privatization, and inter-municipal cooperation. A combination of theory and empirical evidence provides depth and makes this book an invaluable addition to the literature. Economists, public administrators and political scientists will find much of interest in this innovative volume, as will professors, students and international institutions with an interest in local government structure and reform.
Ambition, Federalism, and Legislative Politics in Brazil
Ambition, Federalism, and Legislative Politics in Brazil - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ambition, Federalism, and Legislative Politics in Brazil write by David Samuels. This book was released on 2003-02-24. Ambition, Federalism, and Legislative Politics in Brazil available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Ambition theory suggests that scholars can understand a good deal about politics by exploring politicians' career goals. In the USA, an enormous literature explains congressional politics by assuming that politicians primarily desire to win re-election. In contrast, although Brazil's institutions appear to encourage incumbency, politicians do not seek to build a career within the legislature. Instead, political ambition focuses on the subnational level. Even while serving in the legislature, Brazilian legislators act strategically to further their future extra-legislative careers by serving as 'ambassadors' of subnational governments. Brazil's federal institutions also affect politicians' electoral prospects and career goals, heightening the importance of subnational interests in the lower chamber of the national legislature. Together, ambition and federalism help explain important dynamics of executive-legislative relations in Brazil. This book's rational-choice institutionalist perspective contributes to the literature on the importance of federalism and subnational politics to understanding national-level politics around the world.
Inventing Local Democracy
Inventing Local Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Inventing Local Democracy write by Rebecca Abers. This book was released on 2000. Inventing Local Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Abers (political science, Center for Public Policy Research, U. of Brasília, Brazil) provides a close study of innovative city government in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Led by the Workers' Party, the city implemented a participatory budget program in which residents meet in their neighborhoods to determine budget priorities. Taking place in a city long dominated by patronage politics and elite rule, the story is both a sociopolitical study of the impact that state- sponsored participatory forums can have on civil society and a contribution to the theory and practical possibilities of participatory democracy.--
