This research program follows on several years of work that I have conducted on the political economy of decentralization. The following articles represent some of this work, particularly with regard to the political-economic causes of decentralization:

After Decentralization: Patterns of Intergovernmental Conflict in Argentina, Brazil, Spain, and Mexico. Publius: The Journal of Federalism 31:4 (Fall 2001).

Decentralizing Democracy: Spain and Brazil in Comparative Perspective. Comparative Politics 33:2 (January 2001).

The focus of my Columbia University dissertation and my first book, Shifting States in Global Markets: Subnational Industrial Policy in Contemporary Brazil and Spain was the political dynamics of the industrial policies of the states of Brazil and the regions of Spain during the 1980s and 1990s. The following are two of my articles on this subject:

Delegative Dilemmas and Horizontal Logics: Subnational Industrial Policy in Spain and Brazil. Studies in Comparative International Development 36:3 (Fall 2001).

Making and Remaking Good Government in Brazil: Subnational Industrial Policy in Minas Gerais. Latin American Politics and Society 43:2 (Summer 2001).

I continued my work on decentralization in Spain and broke it off into another, related research program which is profiled here.

For an understanding of the diverse theories underpinning the decentralization research program, see my co-authored introductory chapter to the volume I co-edited with David Samuels: Decentralization and Democracy in Latin America (University of Notre Dame Press, 2004).

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