{"product_id":"governance-in-the-americas-robert-h-wilson-9780268044114","title":"Governance in the Americas: Decentralization, Democracy, and Subnational Government in Brazil, Mexico, and the USA","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGovernance in the Americas\u003c\/i\u003e, a multidisciplinary volume, offers important new insights about decentralization, federalism, and democratic change in the three largest federal nations in the Americas: Brazil, Mexico, and the United States. Originating in a major research project conducted by teams in each of the three countries, this study contributes significantly to our understanding of how representative and participatory democracy is being constructed at state and local levels in the recently emerged democracies of Brazil and Mexico, and is being recast and sustained in the United States. The contributors evaluate the performance of subnational governments, as these societies become more genuinely decentralized, and as new actors and managerial routines create and implement public policy. The authors challenge the criticism of \"exceptionalism\" in the United States, seeking instead to understand the points of convergence and divergence among the three countries as each seeks to improve the effectiveness and public accountability of its policy-making processes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollaborators include Marta Ferreira Santos Farah, Lawrence S. Graham, Pedro Jacobi, and Allison M. Rowland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert H. Wilson,Peter M. Ward,Peter K. Spink\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0268044112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780268044114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.91h x 6.08w x 0.92d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/08\/2008 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2009 pg. 185\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2009","brand":"Robert H. Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47579568505087,"sku":"9780268044114","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c6f4cbde-e82c-45d6-8b72-e223ed43986a.jpg?v=1763875100","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/governance-in-the-americas-robert-h-wilson-9780268044114","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}