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Political systems --- Theory of the state --- Latin America --- Federal government --- Democracy --- Fédéralisme --- Démocratie --- Amérique latine --- Politics and government --- Politique et gouvernement --- Fédéralisme --- Démocratie --- Amérique latine --- Division of powers --- Federal-provincial relations --- Federal-state relations --- Federal systems --- Federalism --- Powers, Division of --- Provincial-federal relations --- State-federal relations --- Political science --- Central-local government relations --- Decentralization in government --- Law and legislation

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The democratization of a national government is only a first step in diffusing democracy throughout a country's territory. Even after a national government is democratized, subnational authoritarian 'enclaves' often continue to deny rights to citizens of local jurisdictions. Gibson offers new theoretical perspectives for the study of democratization in his exploration of this phenomenon. His theory of 'boundary control' captures the conflict pattern between incumbents and oppositions when a national democratic government exists alongside authoritarian provinces (or 'states'). He also reveals how federalism and the territorial organization of countries shape how subnational authoritarian regimes are built and how they unravel. Through a novel comparison of the late nineteenth-century American 'Solid South' with contemporary experiences in Argentina and Mexico, Gibson reveals that the mechanisms of boundary control are reproduced across countries and historical periods. As long as subnational authoritarian governments coexist with national democratic governments, boundary control will be at play.

Federal government --- Subnational governments --- Authoritarianism --- Central-local government relations --- AUTHORITARIANISM -- 342.24 --- CENTRAL-LOCAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONS -- 342.24 --- FEDERAL GOVERNMENT -- 342.22 --- SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT -- 342.22 --- AUTHORITARIANISM -- 342.22 --- CENTRAL-LOCAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONS -- 342.22 --- SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS -- 342.24 --- Federal government. --- Subnational governments. --- Authoritarianism. --- Central-local government relations. --- Center-periphery government relations --- Local-central government relations --- Local government-central government relations --- Political science --- Decentralization in government --- Authority --- Division of powers --- Federal-provincial relations --- Federal-state relations --- Federal systems --- Federalism --- Powers, Division of --- Provincial-federal relations --- State-federal relations --- Law and legislation --- Social Sciences --- Political Science