Paving the way to political change: Decentralization of development in the Brazilian Amazon

Political Geography

Volumn 24, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 39-52

  Brown, J Christopher ^a   Desposato, Scott W ^b   Brown, David S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Decentralization; Diffusion; Electoral returns; Politics; Rural development; World Bank

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; POLITICAL CHANGE; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL PLANNING; WORLD BANK;

EID: 13344286283     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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