Capital City Politics in Latin America : : Democratization and Empowerment / / ed. by Henry A. Dietz, David J. Myers.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Davis, Diane E.,; De Luca, Miguel,; Dietz, Henry A.,; Dávila, Julio D.,; Ellner, Steve,; Garcia-Iragorri, Alexandra,; Gilbert, Alan G.,; Graham, Lawrence S.,; Inés Tula, María,; Jacobi, Pedro,; Jickling, David,; Jones, Mark P.,; Martelli, Giorgio,; Myers, David J.,; Scarpaci, Joseph L.,; Siavelis, Peter M.,; Tanaka, Martín,; Van Treek, Esteban Valenzuela,
• HerausgeberIn: Dietz, Henry A.,; Myers, David J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (408 p.)

As Latin America's new democratic regimes have decentralized, the region's capital cities--and their elected mayors--have gained increasing importance. Capital City Politics in Latin America tells the story of these cities: how they are changing operationally, how the the empowerment of mayors and other municipal institutions is exacerbating political tensions between local executives and regional and national entities, and how the cities' growing significance affects traditional political patterns throughout society. The authors weave a tapestry that illustrates the impact of local, national, and transnational power relations on the strategies available to Latin America's capital city mayors as they seek to transform their greater influence into desired actions.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Dynamics of Local Empowerment: An Overview -- 2 Bogotá: Progress Within a Hostile Environment -- 3 Buenos Aires: The Evolution of Local Governance -- 4 Caracas: Incomplete Empowerment Amid Geopolitical Feudalism -- 5 Guatemala City: Mayors and the Struggle for Political Autonomy -- 6 Havana: The Dynamics of Local Executive Power -- 7 Lima: Centralized Authority vs. the Struggle for Autonomy -- 8 Mexico City: The Local-National Dynamics of Democratization -- 9 Santiago: Municipal Decentralization in a Centralized Political System -- 10 São Paulo: Tensions Between Clientelism and Participatory Democracy -- 11 Conclusions -- Bibliography -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book