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Constitutional Engineering in Brazil: The Politics of Federalism and Decentralization

David V. Fleischer, Celina Souza

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List of Figures and Tables - Acknowledgements - Acronyms - Introduction - The Role of the Federal Government - The Decision to Decentralize - Conflicts and Alliances - Decentralization at Subnational Level - The Case of Bahia State - The Case of Salvador and Camacari - Conclusions: Intergovernmental Relations, Decentralization, and Federalism in a Fragmented Policy - References - Index

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Key concepts: Decentralization, Federalism, Politics, Political science, Public administration, State (computer science), Government (linguistics), Federal state