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100 1 $aSouza, Celina Maria de.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87943979
245 10 $aConstitutional engineering in Brazil :$bthe politics of federalism and decentralization /$cCelina Souza.
260 $aNew York :$bSt. Martin's Press,$c1997.
300 $axiii, 211 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 192-204) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tIntroduction --$g2.$tThe Role of the Federal Government --$g3.$tThe Decision to Decentralize --$g4.$tConflicts and Alliances --$g5.$tDecentralization at Subnational Level --$g6.$tThe Case of Bahia State --$g7.$tThe Case of Salvador and Camacari --$g8.$tConclusion: Intergovernmental Relations, Decentralization, and Federalism in a Fragmented Polity.
520 $aThe book investigates how and why a country facing issues that needed to be tackled nationwide chose to decentralize political power and financial resources when it moved from military rule to democratization. Furthermore, the book examines whether the decision to decentralize in Brazil has changed the allocation of public expenditure at the subnational level, especially regarding education.
520 8 $aBy analyzing the decision to decentralize and its results at the subnational level, the study embodies both an elite and a grassroots approach. The elite approach encompasses the topics related to decentralization in the Brazilian constituent assembly that sat from 1987 to 1988. The grassroots approach is comprised of three case studies.
520 8 $aThe results suggest that in Brazil there was a lack of social consensus on what was to be achieved by decentralization. It is suggested that various political and economic factors influence the outcomes of decentralization, thus exposing the limits of decentralization on policy results.
650 0 $aFederal government$zBrazil.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103647
650 0 $aDecentralization in government$zBrazil.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009122980
650 0 $aGovernment spending policy$zBrazil.
650 0 $aEducation$zBrazil$xFinance.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009101866
852 00 $bleh$hJL2420.S8$iS65 1997