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Going Local: Decentralization, Democratization, and the Promise of Good Governance
"In analyzing the exciting array of promising reforms as well as the inertia of clientelistic traditions, Grindle weights the introduction of political-party competition, the role of innovative ideas and entrepreneurial leaders, the implementation of modern methods of public administration, and the logic of civil society."—Richard Feinberg, Foreign Affairs
"Merilee Grindle has already made her reputation as a painstaking scholar of governance, bureaucracy and policymaking in Latin America and across the developing world, but Going Local seals her standing as a leading analyst of governance."—Diane E. Davis, ReVista
"[T]his book will be a valuable reference not only for scholars interested in decentralization or local government in Mexico, but for anyone who is interested in public affairs. . . . Grindle contributes to all these discussions, and does so in an entertaining and convincing way."—Guillermo M. Cejudo, Public Administration Review
"Going Local provides an important contribution to our understanding of just these issues. This book provides what is perhaps the most methodologically sound, comprehensive look at the effects of decentralisation in M
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Kennedy School Professor Merilee Grindle named director of Harvard’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Merilee S. Grindle, the Edward S. Mason Professor of International Development at the Kennedy School of Government, has been appointed the new director of Harvard University’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies to begin on July 1, 2006.
“This is a key appointment for the University and for the David Rockefeller Center. Merilee Grindle is a proven leader who will build bridges across Harvard and from Harvard to Latin America. I could not be more delighted with this appointment,” said Provost Steven E. Hyman.
Grindle is a specialist on the comparative analysis of policymaking, implementation, and public management in developing countries, with a special focus on Latin America. She has held leadership positions at the David Rockefeller Center since its founding in 1994, serving as both a member of the center’s faculty Executive Committee and as chair of its Research Committee. Recently, she served on the Executive Council of the Latin American Studies Association.
“John Coatsworth has been an extraordinary leader of the Rockefeller Center. During his 12 years there, he has given the center great vitality, initiating new programs, extend
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