Governance from below in bolivia: A theory of local government with two empirical tests

Latin American Politics and Society

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 29-68

  Faguet, Jean Paul ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; DECENTRALIZATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LOCAL GOVERNMENT;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 73049086457     PISSN: 1531426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-2456.2009.00063.x     Document Type: Article

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