Administrative Decentralization: Strategies for Developing Countries

* Examines administrative decentralization strategies in developing countries
* Case studies include Ethiopia, Kenya, and Mexico
* Written in cooperation with the United Nations

Cohen and Peterson have created a practical and theoretically rich look at administrative decentralization from the past four decades, with a focus on the problems confronting developing countries since the 1990s. This groundbreaking work debates the role of administrative systems--including institutional monopolies and pluralistic states--in implementing decentralization strategies and reforms.

"This important book builds on the 20 years of research and practical field experience both Cohen and Peterson have had with decentralization. They break the fetters that our established ways of thinking about decentralization have created and offer a new approach to its conceptualization and implementation. The result is both practical and theoretically rich."