Political Support for Decentralization
An Analysis of the Colombian and Venezuelan Legislatures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6230108 |
|---|---|
| Authors | María C Escobar-Lemmon (0000-0003-1396-432X, Mitchell Institute, corresponding author), Maria Escobar-Lemmon, Maria Escobar‐lemmon |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 683 |
| Publication date | 2003-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0092-5853 • E-ISSN: 1540-5907 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3186127 |
| OpenAlex | W4234359442 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
| References cited | 36 |
A worldwide trend of decentralizing political power, fiscal authority, and the responsibility for providing services to subnational governments has been especially evident in Latin America over the past decade. This article focuses on variation in intracountry support for decentralization, using data on bill initiation from Colombia and Venezuela to determine the domestic sources of this policy. While the data support prior findings that decentralization is supported by parties whose future electoral prospects are better at the subnational level, the analysis also shows that citizen's trust in government and greater wealth affect a deputies' support for decentralization
Decentralization · Development economics · Economics · Government (linguistics · Latin Americans · Legislature · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Political Dynamics in Latin America · Public Administration · Public Policy and Governance · Taxation and Compliance Studies
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| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,19 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2026 (22) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |