Reassessing relations between the centre and the states: The challenge for the Brazilian Administration

Regional Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 833-844

  Rodríguez Pose, Andrés ^a   Gill, Nicholas ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; Debt; Federal government; Regional inequalities and policy; State governments

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATION; DEVOLUTION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL POWER;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 5644243285     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0034340042000265287     Document Type: Article

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