This book assesses the impact of decentralization on Mexico’s intergovernmental relations and examines the constraints upon the devolution of political power

Although Mexico was once recognized for the stability of its strongly centralist one-party political system, events occurring since the mid-1980s have made it i

In the last two decades of the twentieth century, many countries in Latin America freed themselves from the burden of their authoritarian pasts and developed de

?This academic but passionate and controversial work should be read by specialists on Mexico and Latin America, as well as by those interested in healthcare and

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