Theorizing institutional changes: understanding decentralization and federalization in Brazil, Spain and South Africa
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- dc.contributor.author Ferreira do Vale, Helderca
- dc.contributor.other Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Ciències Polítiques i Socialsca
- dc.contributor.other Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Grup de Recerca en Teoria Políticaca
- dc.date.accessioned 2012-07-11T01:53:26Z
- dc.date.available 2012-07-11T01:53:26Z
- dc.date.issued 2010-03-15T09:03:53Zca
- dc.date.modified 2012-07-10T07:27:35Zca
- dc.description.abstract In light of the existing theories about institutional change, this paper seeks to advance a common framework to understand the unfolding of decentralization and federalization in three countries: Brazil, Spain, and South Africa. Although in different continents, these three countries witnessed processes after their respective transitions to democracy that transferred administrative and fiscal authority to their regions (decentralization) and vertically distributed political and institutional capacity (federalization). This paper attempts to explain how institutional changes prompted a shift of power and authority towards regional governments by looking at internal sources of change within the intergovernmental arena in the three countries. This analysis is organized around two propositions: that once countries transit to democracy under all-encompassing constitutions there are high incentives for institutional change, and that under a bargained intergovernmental interaction among political actors subnational political elites are able to advance their interests incrementally. In short, through a common framework this paper will explain the evolving dynamics of intergovernmental dynamics in three countries.ca
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- dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/2072/46795ca
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/5883
- dc.language.iso engca
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- dc.subject.other Descentralització administrativa -- Brasilca
- dc.subject.other Descentralització administrativa -- Espanyaca
- dc.subject.other Descentralització administrativa -- Sud-àfricaca
- dc.subject.other Federalisme -- Brasilca
- dc.subject.other Federalisme -- Espanyaca
- dc.subject.other Federalisme -- Sud-àfricaca
- dc.title Theorizing institutional changes: understanding decentralization and federalization in Brazil, Spain and South Africaca
- dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaperca