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Federal Investment
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governments
Horizontal Decentralization
IMSS
intergovernmental relations
LCF
Luis Donaldo Colosio
madrid
Mexican federalism
Mexican Municipality
Mexican Political System
Mexico City Metropolitan Area
Miguel De La Madrid
municipal
Municipal President
Municipal Reform
Nacional De Trabajadores De La
national
National Solidarity Program
opposition party governance
Opposition Victories
political decentralization
Portillo Administration
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President De La Madrid
President Miguel De La Madrid
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Salinas Administration
Sindicato Nacional De Trabajadores De
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Victoria E. Rodriguez
Product details
- ISBN 9780813327792
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 05 Sep 1997
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book assesses the impact of decentralization on Mexico’s intergovernmental relations and examines the constraints upon the devolution of political power from the center to the lower levels of government. It also discusses the distribution of power and authority to governments of opposition parties within the context of a more open political space. Victoria Rodríguez uncovers a new paradox in the Mexican political system: retaining power by giving it away. She argues that since the de la Madrid presidency (1982–1988), the Mexican government has embarked upon a major effort of political and administrative decentralization as a means to increase its hold on power. That effort continued under Salinas, but paradoxically led to further centralization. However, since Zedillo assumed the presidency, it has become increasingly clear that the survival of the ruling party and, indeed, the viability of his own government require a genuine, de facto reduction of centralism.
Victoria E. Rodríguez is associate professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.
