Handbook On Decentralization Devolution And The State
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Handbook on Decentralization, Devolution and the State
Author: Lago, Ignacio
language: en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date: 2021-10-19
Taking a multidisciplinary approach to the dynamics of political and economic decentralization in contemporary regimes, this comprehensive Handbook offers a critical examination of how the decentralization of governance affects citizen well-being.
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