Institutional Collective Action and Metropolitan Governance in Latin America
A Theoretical Framework
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| ID | 19569746 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Richard C Feiock, Richard Feiock (0000-0001-5215-0391), Edgar Ramírez De La Cruz, Soyoung Kim (0000-0003-0830-0940), Wooje Kim |
| Ano | 2026 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Fascículo | 02 |
| Páginas | 160-177 |
| Data de publicação | 2026-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Current Urban Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 2328-4900 • E-ISSN: 2328-4919 |
| Editora | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4236/cus.2026.142008 |
| OpenAlex | W7163569650 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referências citadas | 27 |
Metropolitan regions in Latin America (LA) face rapid urban expansion, fragmented authority, overlapping jurisdictions, and limited institutional capacity that challenge their environments, economic development, and social well-being. Regional collective action offers cooperative solutions to accommodate population growth, infrastructure demands, and economic activities while minimizing environmental impacts. Nevertheless, collective action is challenging because of incentives to free ride. The Institutional collective action (ICA) theory of intergovernmental collaboration has been applied in Western contexts, but may be a poor fit to LA because its assumptions don’t align with its political, administrative, and socio-economic realities. This article develops a theoretical framework—the LA-ICA Framework—that modifies core ICA concepts to account for high levels of centralization, heterogeneous local capacities, economic inequality, weak professionalization, and the prominent role of national governments. We theorize how collaborative mechanism transaction costs and collaboration risk influence collaborations and identify four ideal-type integration mechanisms that emerge from these constraints. By extending ICA theory to the Latin American context, this article provides a conceptual foundation for analyzing metropolitan governance in the region and guidance for designing collaborative institutions. It contributes to urban planning, governance and public policy by identifying how metropolitan regions in Latin America can address regional urban growth dilemmas
Collective action · Conceptual framework · Corporate governance · Incentive · Latin Americans · Metropolitan area · Population · Transaction cost · Global Urban Networks and Dynamics · Latin American Urban Studies · Urban Planning and Governance
Governing the Commons
City Limits
The Logic of Collective Action
Economic Action and Social Structure
Collaboration Risk and the Choice to Consolidate Local Government Services
Applying an Institutional Collective Action Framework to Investigate Intermunicipal Cooperation in Europe
Multilevel governance and the external strategies of subnational governments in Latin America
The Roles of Regional Organizations for Interlocal Resource Exchange
Intergovernmental Cooperation in the Provision of Public Safety
Governing U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Regional Governance and Multiplex Networks in Environmental Sustainability
Metropolitan Governance and Institutional Collective Action
The Institutional Collective Action Framework
Updating the Institutional Collective Action Framework
Practical prescriptions for governing fragmented governments
Transaction Costs and Institutional Explanations for Government Service Production Decisions
Self‐Organizing Policy Networks
The Economics of Organization
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| Altamente citado | Não |