Böcker av Kent Eaton

Presents a framework designed to help international development partners consider the relevance of political economy issues for their programmatic support to decentralization and local government reform. The intention is neither to advocate decentralization in general or in any particular form, nor to presume or privilege any particular decentralization objective.

This book examines the history of the Protestant denominations in Europe that attempted to bring their churches to Spain just prior to the creation of Spain's First Republic (1873-74), when religious liberty briefly existed.

A recent wave of decentralization in Latin America has increased the prominence of politicians at the subnational level.This book places this trend in comparative historical perspective, examining past episodes of decentralization alongside contemporary ones to determine whether consistent causal factors are at play.