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Presidents, Governors, and the Politics of Distribution in Federal Democracies

Primus Contra Pares in Argentina and Brazil

Lucas I. González

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English
Routledge
05 February 2018
Tensions between central authorities and subnational units over centralization and fiscal autonomy are on top of the political agenda in many developing federal countries.

This book examines historical changes in the balance between the resources that presidents and governors control and the policy responsibilities they have to deliver. It focuses on Argentina and Brazil, the most decentralized federal countries in Latin America, with the most powerful sub-national governments in the region. Using formal modelling, statistical tools, and comparative historical analyses, it examines substantive shifts in the allocation of resources and the distribution of administrative functions and explains under which conditions these changes occur. In doing so, it presents theoretical and comparative implications for the study of fiscal federalism and the functioning of developing federal democracies.

This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of federalism, intergovernmental relations, decentralization, and sub-national politics and more broadly to those studying comparative politics, democratization, political elites, public policy and economics.

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Imprint:   Routledge
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm, 
Weight:   453g
ISBN:   9781138487345
ISBN 10:   1138487341
Series:   Routledge Studies in Federalism and Decentralization
Pages:   340
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Introduction 1. The Federal Distributive Game 2. Power, Crises, and Distribution in Latin America 3. Pares Contra Primus 4. Primus Inter Pares 5. Primus Contra Pares The Cardoso Presidency (1995-2002) 6. Conclusions

Lucas Gonzalez is Researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) and the Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA), and full-time Professor at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM) in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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