Risky business: Decentralization from above in Chile and Uruguay

Comparative Politics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Eaton, Kent ^a  

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EID: 10044243398     PISSN: 00104159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4150121     Document Type: Review

References (65)

1. Eliza Willis, Christopher Garman, and Stephan Haggard, "The Politics of Decentralization in Latin America," Latin American Research Review, 34 (1999), 7-57. See also Christopher Garman, Stephan Haggard, and Eliza Willis, "Fiscal Decentralization: A Political Theory with Latin American Cases," World Politics, 53 (January 2001), 205-36.
2. Eliza Willis, Christopher Garman, and Stephan Haggard, "The Politics of Decentralization in Latin America," Latin American Research Review, 34 (1999), 7-57. See also Christopher Garman, Stephan Haggard, and Eliza Willis, "Fiscal Decentralization: A Political Theory with Latin American Cases," World Politics, 53 (January 2001), 205-36.
3. Kathleen O'Neill, "Decentralization in the Andes: Power to the People or Party Politics?" (Ph.D. diss., Harvard University, 1999).
4. Kathleen O'Neill, "Decentralization as an Electoral Strategy," Comparative Political Studies (forthcoming).
5. Chile was included as a case in the original APSA conference paper by Willis, Garman, and Haggard (1996) but not in the published article, "The Politics of Decentralization in Latin America."
6. For the complementary argument that conflicts between subnational officials can limit their ability to achieve decentralization in party systems that endow them with authority over national legislators, see Kent Eaton, Politics beyond the Capital: The Design of Subnational Institutions in South America (Stanford: Stanford University Press, forthcoming).
7. Paul Hutchcroft, "Centralization and Decentralization in Administration and Politics: Assessing Territorial Dimensions of Authority and Power," Governance, 14 (2001), 23-53.
8. Mathew Shugart and John Carey, Presidents and Assemblies (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992).
9. See Timothy Scully, "Reconstituting Party Politics in Chile," in Scott Mainwaring and Timothy Scully, eds., Building Democratic Institutions (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1995), pp.100-137; Arturo Valenzuela, Political Brokers in Chile: Local Government in a Centralized Polity (Durham: Duke University Press, 1977); Charles Gillespie, Negotiating Democracy: Politicians and Generals in Uruguay (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991).
10. See Timothy Scully, "Reconstituting Party Politics in Chile," in Scott Mainwaring and Timothy Scully, eds., Building Democratic Institutions (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1995), pp.100-137; Arturo Valenzuela, Political Brokers in Chile: Local Government in a Centralized Polity (Durham: Duke University Press, 1977); Charles Gillespie, Negotiating Democracy: Politicians and Generals in Uruguay (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991).
11. See Timothy Scully, "Reconstituting Party Politics in Chile," in Scott Mainwaring and Timothy Scully, eds., Building Democratic Institutions (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1995), pp.100-137; Arturo Valenzuela, Political Brokers in Chile: Local Government in a Centralized Polity (Durham: Duke University Press, 1977); Charles Gillespie, Negotiating Democracy: Politicians and Generals in Uruguay (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991).
12. Kent Eaton, "Designing Subnational Institutions: Regional and Municipal Reforms in Post-authoritarian Chile," Comparative Political Studies (March 2004).
13. Gary Bland, "The Impetus for Decentralization in Chile and Venezuela," in Alfred Montero and David Samuels, eds., Decentralization and Democracy in Latin America (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2003).
14. Interview with José Antonio Abalos, Executive Director, CONAREDE, Santiago, August 16, 2001.
15. Peter Siavelis, The President and Congress in Postauthoritarian Chile (University Park: Penn State University Press, 2000).
16. Sergio Boisier and Gladys Zurita, "Gobierno regional y desarrollo económico: El caso Chileno," in Eduardo Palma, ed., La descentralización política de Chile: Los gobiernos regionales (Santiago: Instituto Chileno de Estudios Humanísticos, 1993).
17. Ibid.; Bland, "The Impetus for Decentralization."
18. Interview with Edison Ortiz, Municipal Councilor, Rancagua, August 24, 2001. See also Esteban Valenzuela, Alegato histórico regionalista (Santiago: Ediciones Sur, 1999).
19. Gillespie, Negotiating Democracy.
20. Daniel Buquet, Daniel Chasquetti, and Juan Andres Moraes, Un enfermo imaginario? Fragmentacion política y gobierno en Uruguay (Montevideo: Instituto de Ciencias Políticas, 1998).
21. Luis González, Political Structures and Democracy in Uruguay (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1991).
22. Buquet, Chasquetti, and Moraes, Un enfermo imaginario?
23. I am grateful to an anonymous reviewer for this point.
24. Peter Siavelis, "Fiscal Decentralization in Chile's Centralized Polity," paper prepared for the 2001 Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, Washington, D.C., September 6-8, 2001.
25. See "Plantean que parte del IVA quede en regiones," El Mercurio de Valparaíso, June 23, 1999; interview with Jorge Caro, Chief of the Division de Regionalization Policies, SUBDERE, Santiago, August 23, 2002.
26. Interview with Manuel Tobar, President, National Association of Regional Councilors, Valparaiso, August 20, 2002.
27. Ignacio Irarrázaval, "Autonomía Municipal: Un proyecto pendiente," in Ignacio Irarrázaval, ed., Desafios de la descentralización (Santiago: Centro de Estudios Públicos, 1993).
28. Mario Marcel, "Decentralization and Development: The Chilean Experience," in Gustav Ranis, ed., En Route to Modern Growth: Essays in Honor of Carlos Diaz-Alejandro (Washington, D.C.: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994), pp. 79-121; and José Yáñez and Leonardo Letelier, "Chile," in Ricardo López Murphy, ed., Fiscal Decentralization in Latin America (Washington, D.C.: Inter-American Development Bank, 1995), pp. 137-88.
29. Mario Marcel, "Decentralization and Development: The Chilean Experience," in Gustav Ranis, ed., En Route to Modern Growth: Essays in Honor of Carlos Diaz-Alejandro (Washington, D.C.: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994), pp. 79-121; and José Yáñez and Leonardo Letelier, "Chile," in Ricardo López Murphy, ed., Fiscal Decentralization in Latin America (Washington, D.C.: Inter-American Development Bank, 1995), pp. 137-88.
30. Irarrázaval, p. 383.
31. Giorgio Martelli and Esteban Valenzuela, "Propuestas de reformas a los gobiernos regionales para su fortalecimiento y democratización" (Santiago: Fundación Friedrich Ebert, Documentos de Discusión, 1999).
32. Interviews with Senator Edgardo Boeninger, Las Condes, August 17, 2001; and National Deputy Exequiel Silva, Valparaiso, August 22, 2001.
33. José Antonio Abalos, "La descentralización en Chile: Antecedentes históricos y reformas actuales," Serie Azul, 4 (Universidad Católica de Chile, 1994).
34. Interview with Arturo Fontaine, Director, Centro de Estudios Públicos, Santiago, Chile, August 25, 2001.
35. Interview with Giorgio Martelli, Research Associate, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, August 17, 2001.
36. Giorgio Martelli, "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades: Historia, hechos, desafios y reflexiones," Fundación Friedrich Ebert, Working Paper, 1998.
37. Interview with Federico Arenas, Professor, Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, August 14, 2001.
38. Five years later, however, legislators have yet to pass the necessary implementing law to consolidate the change in Article 110 of the constitution. Interview with Rodrigo Pineda, Assistant Secretary of the Senate's Committee of the Interior, Valparaíso, August 20, 2001.
39. Interview with Luis Angulo, Chief of the Division of Regional Development, SUBDERE, Santiago, August 17, 2001.
40. Interview with Arenas.
41. Subsecretariat for Regional Development, El Chile descentralizado que queremos (Santiago: 2001).
42. Jeffrey Cason, "Transformations in the Uruguayan Party System: New Developments and Old Patterns," Latin American Politics and Society (forthcoming).
43. Ibid.; María Elena Laurnaga, ed., La Geografia de un cambio: Politico, gobierno y gestion municipal en Uruguay (Montevideo: Ediciones de la Banda Oriental, 2001), p. 22.
44. Ibid.; María Elena Laurnaga, ed., La Geografia de un cambio: Politico, gobierno y gestion municipal en Uruguay (Montevideo: Ediciones de la Banda Oriental, 2001), p. 22.
45. Ibid., p. 28.
46. Interview with Enrique Gallicheo, Coordinator, Local Development Program, CLAEH, Montevideo, May 7, 2002.
47. José Tognola, "Descentralizar?," La República, Nov. 29, 1996.
48. Mario Carminatti, "Fortalecimiento del gobierno local: La experiencia en el Departamento de Rio Negro," in Luz López García, ed., Descentralización y participación ciudadana (Montevideo: Ediciones Trilce, 1994).
49. Interview with Jose Arocena, Professor, Universidad Católica, Montevideo, May 8, 2002.
50. Altair Magri, "Un vacío legal: Cinco años de parálisis en la construcción del marco legal de la descentralización en materia municipal," in Laurnaga, ed., pp. 101-19.
51. Interview with Ana Olivera, Director of the Western Region, Department of Decentralization, Montevideo, May 3, 2002.
52. According to National Deputy Jorge Barrera, local elected bodies are simply less of a priority for the Colorado party relative to other pressing economic matters. Interview with Barrera, Montevideo, May 7, 2002.
53. Interview with Barrera.
54. Interview with Daniel Chasquetti, Professor, Instituto de Ciencia Política, Montevideo, May 2, 2002.
55. Laurnaga, ed., p. 21.
56. Interview with Maria Elena Laurnaga, Professor, Instituto de Ciencia Política, Montevideo, May 10, 2002.
57. Interview with Arocena.
58. María Elena Laurnaga and Aldo Guerrini, "Del 'buen vecino' al 'intendente emprendedor': El rol de los intendentes departamentales en la reforma del estado," Revista Uruguaya de Ciencia Política, 7 (1994), 83-95.
59. Interview with Jorge Orrico, National Deputy (FA-EP), Montevideo, May 6, 2002.
60. Interview with Margarita Percovich, National Deputy (FA-EP), Montevideo, May 7, 2002.
61. Federico Bervejillo, "El nuevo perfil del intendente: Un cambio en curso," Cuadernos del Claeh, 67 (1993), 11-17.
62. Jorge Lanzaro, "Gobiernos departamentales y gestion pública en el ambito municipal," in Luz López Garcia, ed., Descentralización y participación ciudadana (Montevideo: Ediciones Trilce, 1994), p. 176.
63. Interview with Gonzalo Cibils, Subdirector of the Office of Planning and Budget, Montevideo, May 10, 2002.
64. Diario de Sesiones de la Cámara de Senadores, Dec. 7, 2000, vol. 405, pp. 58-62.
65. Ibid., pp. 121-23.