Decentralizing development : the political economy of institutional change in Colombia and Chile

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• List of Tables = ix
• 1 The Political Economy of Institutional Change in Colombia and Chile = 1
• Why Colombia and Chile? = 2
• The analytical framework = 4
• Institutional change = 7
• The cities = 9
• The plan of the book = 10
• Part I. The Political Economy of Decentralization in Colombia and Chile
• 2 Colombia : Political Renewal and Decentralization in a Weak State = 17
• Regionalism, centralism and crisis = 18
• Politics and economics at the mid-1980s = 19
• Decentralization underway : developments to the 1991 Constitution = 24
• The 1991 Constitution and further reforms of the Gaviria government, 1990-4 = 27
• Decentralization since the 1991 Constitution = 30
• Conclusions = 39
• 3 Decentralization in Four Colombian Cities = 45
• The four cities and their departments = 45
• Development paths in the four cities = 47
• Local politics since the election of mayors, 1988-94 = 54
• Clientelism, corruption and change = 61
• Fiscal management and administrative capacity building = 68
• Conclusions = 74
• 4 Chile : Decentralization with a Strong State and Weak Regions = 79
• A political culture of centralism = 79
• The Pinochet era = 82
• Institutional change under democracy = 85
• The powers and functions of regional and local government in Chile = 91
• Conclusions = 99
• 5 Municipal and Regional Government in Chile : the Persistence of the Centre = 105
• The cities and their regions = 105
• Development paths in the three cities = 107
• Regional and local politics since democratization = 112
• The municipalities : finance and administration = 116
• Regional governments = 121
• The municipalities, the regions and the centre = 125
• Part II. Development and Institutional Change
• 6 The Stimulus to Economic Development = 131
• The Colombian cases : local activism and national recession = 132
• The Chilean cases : growth, contradiction and frustration = 143
• Implications for economic development = 152
• The role of institutions and institutional change = 154
• 7 Central Government Reform or Local Autonomy? The Case of Education = 161
• The role of decentralization in educational reform = 161
• Education in Chile = 165
• Education in Colombia = 174
• Conclusions = 184
• 8 Decentralization, Participation and the Poor = 190
• Capacity building for poverty reduction in Colombia and Chile = 192
• Community organizations and NG0s in Colombia and Chile = 195
• Local governments, community organizations and NGOs : a pattern of mistrust = 202
• The role of central government programmes = 205
• Generating virtuous circles in Rancagua and Pasto = 207
• Conclusions = 211
• 9 Conclusions = 216
• Decentralization and local economic development = 217
• Decentralization and education = 220
• Decentralization and poverty reduction = 222
• A final reflection = 223
• References = 225
• Index = 233