Title: Where is local government going in Latin America? : a comparative perspective

Authors: Nickson, Andrew

Place: Visby

Publisher: Swedish International centre for local democracy (ICLD)

Year: cop. 2011

Journal: Working paper / Swedish International centre for local democracy

Volume: 6

PAGE: --

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: local government, sociology, management, latin america

Abstract: Ten basic features of local government systems are used as a template to situate Latin American local government within Weberian typology. The paper tentatively concludes that the ‘managerial’ type of local government is gaining ground over the ‘governmental’ type

URL: http://www.icld.se/pdf/ICLD_wp6_printerfriendly.pdf

Document type: Portal