This book assesses the impact of decentralization on Mexico's intergovernmental relations
and examines the constraints upon the devolution of political power from the center to the …

First published in 1983, this extraordinary study provides a comprehensive systematic
evaluation of cross-national theorizing and quantitative empirical evidence on four …

In an age of financial globalization, are markets and democracy compatible? For developing
countries, the dramatic internationalization of financial markets over the last two decades …

Ensuring accountability of local functionaries for effective delivery of basic social services
has been a perennial problem of development. Since the poor have limited prospects of …

Purpose This paper examines the political budget cycles in emerging and developing
countries using a sample of 91 countries from 1992 to 2019. Design/methodology/approach …

This book focuses on the provision of basic social services-in particular, access to
education, health and water supplies-as the central building blocks of any human …

Countries vary substantially in the level of political patronage exercised in their respective
political systems. This article examines how hypotheses generated by the literature on …

literature on political business cycles has produced imp on the extent to which politicians
attempt to manipulate go etary and fiscal policies to influence electoral outcomes some of …

This study makes the following contributions to the study of the politics of patronage
appointments in Latin America: Conceptually it adopts Kopecký, Scherlis, and Spirova's …

Does oil make countries autocratic? Can foreign aid make countries democratic? Does
taxation lead to representation? In this book, Kevin M. Morrison develops a novel argument …