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Decentralized Development in Latin America Experiences in Local Governance and Local Development /

The Latin American subcontinent appears to have reinvented itself in the 21st century. Its economy has been transformed under liberalization and globalisation. Decentralization and the democratic transition have modified the political environment, while local development approaches are replacing the...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Lindert, Paul. (Editor), Verkoren, Otto. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Series:GeoJournal Library, 97
Subjects:
Social sciences.
Architecture.
Human Geography.
Social Sciences.
Cities, Countries, Regions.
Political Science, general.
Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3739-8
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword: David Hulme
  • Chapter 1: Paul van Lindert & Otto Verkoren: Local governance and local development in Latin America: views from above and below
  • Section one: Urban perspectives
  • Chapter 2: Axel Borsdorf & Rodrigo Hidalgo: From polarisation to fragmentation: recent changes in Latin American urbanisation
  • Chapter 3: Jr̲g Plg̲er: Territory, local governance, and urban transformation: the processes of residential enclave building in Lima, Peru
  • Chapter 4: Christof Parnreiter, Karin Fischer & Karen Inhof: Global cities and the governance of commodity chains: a case study from latin America
  • Section two: Bolivian experiences: Chapter 5: Gery Nijenhuis: The impact of decentralization on local development: the case of Bolivia
  • Chapter 6: Martina Neuburger: Political reforms and local development in the Bolivian Amazon
  • Chapter 7: Dicky de Morrě: The changing role of farmers<U+0019> organisations in rural development and decentralisation in Bolivia
  • Chapter 8: Cora van Oosten: Contructing regional integration from below: cross-border partnerships and local development in Southwest Amazonia
  • Chapter 9: Dr̲te Segebart: Government, governance and governmentality in Par,̀ Northern Brazil
  • Chapter 10: Mirjam Ros-Tonen: Changing prospects for sustainable forestry in Brazilian Amazonia: exploring new trends
  • Chapter 11: Leendert de Bell: Looking back on NAFTA's promises and realities from a local perspective. The state of Coahuila, Mexico
  • Chapter 12: Ludger Brenner: Tourism and local development strategies. The Mexican case.

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