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National Engineering of Subnational Institutions: Decentralization in Chile and Uruguay |
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In the 1990s politicians adopted limited and cautious decentralizing reforms in two of Latin America's most centralized polities: Chile and Uruguay. In neither case did subnational actors participate in the design of decentralization, which resulted instead from political struggles among nationally-constituted actors. Despite the care taken by national politicians and the reality that decentralization has delivered many of the gains they anticipated, it has nevertheless created important new challenges for these "national engineers." Chief among these challenges is the erosion of the stature of national politicians relative to subnational officials in a variety of arenas. Decentralization can be a risky business for those who decide to decentralize, though these risks have received insufficient attention by scholars seeking to uncover the political rationale behind decisions to decentralize. |
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Keywords: Latin America, institutional choice, decentralization, Chile, Uruguay |
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| Eaton, Kent. "National Engineering of Subnational Institutions: Decentralization in Chile and Uruguay" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 28, 2002 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p65347_index.html> |
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| Eaton, K. , 2002-08-28 "National Engineering of Subnational Institutions: Decentralization in Chile and Uruguay" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p65347_index.html |
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Abstract: In the 1990s politicians adopted limited and cautious decentralizing reforms in two of Latin America's most centralized polities: Chile and Uruguay. In neither case did subnational actors participate in the design of decentralization, which resulted instead from political struggles among nationally-constituted actors. Despite the care taken by national politicians and the reality that decentralization has delivered many of the gains they anticipated, it has nevertheless created important new challenges for these "national engineers." Chief among these challenges is the erosion of the stature of national politicians relative to subnational officials in a variety of arenas. Decentralization can be a risky business for those who decide to decentralize, though these risks have received insufficient attention by scholars seeking to uncover the political rationale behind decisions to decentralize. |
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| National Engineering of Subnational Institutions: Decentralization in Chile and Uruguay Kent Eaton Princeton University 118 Bendheim Hall Woodrow Wilson School Princeton NJ 08544 keaton@princeton.edu Paper prepared for delivery at the 2002 Meeting of the American Political Science Association Boston Massachusetts August 29September 1 2002. Abstract: In the 1990s politicians adopted limited and cautious decentralizing reforms in two of Latin America's most centralized polities: Chile and Uruguay. In neither case did subnational actors participate in the design of decentralization which |
| to wield greater authority within their parties. Thus contemporary Chile and Uruguay are not cases where subnational officials have used their partisan powers to demand decentralization but rather cases where the previous devolution of authority has increased the stature of these actors in their parties. One should not overstate the newfound partisan importance of subnational actors in these two countries; they are still far weaker than their counterparts in most Latin American countries. But if partisan strength increases the |
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