Decentralization and municipal governance: Suggested approaches for cross-regional analysis |
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Authors: | Eduardo J Gómez |
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Institution: | (1) Hunter College and Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA;(2) Applied Social Sciences, London Metropolitan University, London, United Kingdom |
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Abstract: | The study of decentralization and municipal governance has captured much scholarly attention. This article highlights the
importance of factors that have been generally ignored, and, in the process, suggests dimensions that facilitate comparison,
including at the cross-regional level. First, regarding the creation and reform of decentralization policy, scholars may compare
cases based on thehorizontal andex-post vertical political processes of reform. Second, cases can be compared based on the degree of center-statepolicy fluctuation, i.e., the institutions and incentives generating continual policy change and delayed outcomes, over time. Finally, I encourage
scholars to scale down to the municipal level, comparing cases based on the following variables: historical state-municipal
fiscal relations, institutional innovations, and the policy-making process. I close by explaining the various benefits associated
with these approaches and the new research questions and challenges that they pose for comparative scholars.
Eduardo J. Gómez is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at Brown University. His research interests
are in federalism, decentralization, and the politics of economic and welfare reform in developing nations.
I would like to thank James Mahoney, Richard Snyder, Melanie Cammett, Jonathan Rodden, Kent Eaton, Tyler Dickovick, Steven
Webb, Stephan Haggard, Philip Oxhorn, William McCarten, Thomas Bossert, Javier Corrales, and four anonymous reviewers for
excellent comments and suggestions. |
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