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The Latin American subcontinent appears to have reinvented itself in the 21st century. Its economy has been transformed under liberalization and globalisation. Decentralization and the democratic transition have modified the political environment, while local development approaches are replacing the (grand) national-regional development schemes. The current local governance and local development debates refer to very different levels of scale: from small, rural communities to fairly extensive (even international) spaces. It is clear that the development process shows substantial differences between large and small cities, and between core regions and remote rural areas. Indeed, the heterogeneity of the process is strongly influenced by national, regional and local contexts. The empirical studies in this volume show the diversity and complexity of local governance and local development in Latin America, while avoiding stereotypes about the impact of public sector reform and administrative decentralization. "This book will help the reader think through what is happening in specific contexts in the region and generate ideas about how progressive change might be fostered" David Hulme, University of Manchester.

Economic development -- Latin America. --- Latin America -- Economic conditions. --- Latin America -- Politics and government. --- Economic development --- Decentralization in government --- Local government --- Business & Economics --- Anthropology --- Economic History --- Anthropogeography & Human Ecology --- Social Sciences --- Rural development --- Centralization in government --- Devolution in government --- Government centralization --- Government decentralization --- Government devolution --- Culture --- Political science. --- Science. --- Architecture. --- Human geography. --- Cultural and Media Studies. --- Regional and Cultural Studies. --- Science, general. --- Political Science. --- Human Geography. --- Cities, Countries, Regions. --- Study and teaching. --- Political science --- Central-local government relations --- Federal government --- Public administration --- Culture-Study and teaching. --- Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary. --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Geography --- Human ecology --- Design and construction --- Culture—Study and teaching. --- Architecture, Primitive --- Latin America --- Amérique latine --- Développement économique --- Economic policy. --- Economic conditions --- Conditions économiques --- Décentralisation