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En Amérique latine, depuis le début des années quatre-vingt, deux phénomènes majeurs, l'approfondissement de la crise financière-économique et l'évolution démocratique, ont renouvelé les termes et les enjeux d'un débat désormais généralisé sur les rapports entre pouvoirs centraux, pouvoirs régionaux et pouvoirs locaux. En France, dans la même période, mais dans un contexte politique différent, la discussion puis l'application des lois de décentralisation ont répondu à la volonté des sociétés locales de prendre une plus grande part dans la détermination de leur destin et de celui de leur territoire. Démocratisation et modernisation, modernisation et démocratisation sont ainsi devenues, tant en France (en Europe devrait-on dire) qu'en Amérique latine les mots-clés, les références incontournables pour toute réflexion sur les voies et moyens permettant d'affronter les mutations imposées par la compétition internationale.

Local government --- Regionalism --- Central-local government relations --- Center-periphery government relations --- Local-central government relations --- Local government-central government relations --- Political science --- Decentralization in government --- Federal government --- gouvernement central --- régionalisation économique --- décentralisation administrative --- administration locale --- collectivités locales

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Congressional Preemption provides an in-depth account of the use of preemption powers by Congress to either partially or completely remove regulatory authority from state and local governments in a wide variety of fields. Author Joseph F. Zimmerman exposes the inadequacies of the two current theories of United States federalism—dual and cooperative—by exploring the impact of Congress' frequent use of its preemption powers since 1965. While the dual and cooperative federalism theories retain a degree of explanatory power, Zimmerman considers why they do not explain the profound systemic changes produced by congressional preemption. Other topics covered include congressional use of conditional grants-in-aid, crossover sanctions, tax credits, tax sanctions, and partial and complete redemption; the theory of political safeguards of federalism; and the Blackmun Thesis, which encourages states to seek relief from preemption statutes in Congress and not the courts. The book concludes with postulates of a broader theory of federalism and recommendations addressed to Congress to reinvigorate the federal system.

Central-local government relations --- Federal government --- Center-periphery government relations --- Local-central government relations --- Local government-central government relations --- Political science --- Decentralization in government --- States' rights (American politics) --- Federaal bestuur: USA.

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Democracy --- Central-local government relations --- Decentralization in government --- Educational accountability --- Education and state --- Education --- Center-periphery government relations --- Local-central government relations --- Local government-central government relations --- Political science --- Federal government --- Standards

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Post-1994, South Africa's traditional leaders have fought for recognition, and positioned themselves as major players in the South African political landscape. Yet their role in a democracy is contested, with leaders often accused of abusing power, disregarding human rights, expropriating resources and promoting tribalism. Some argue that democracy and traditional leadership are irredeemably opposed and cannot co-exist. Meanwhile, shifts in the political economy of the former bantustans -- the introduction of platinum mining in particular -- have attracted new interests and conflicts to these areas, with chiefs often designated as custodians of community interests. This edited volume explores how chieftancy is practised, experienced and contested in contemporary South Africa. It includes case studies of how those living under the authority of chiefs, in a modern democracy, negotiate or resist this authority in their respective areas. Chapters in this book are organised around three major sites of contest: leadership, land and law.

Democratization --- Local government --- Chiefdoms --- Central-local government relations --- Center-periphery government relations --- Local-central government relations --- Local government-central government relations --- Political science --- Decentralization in government --- Federal government --- Chieftaincies --- Chieftainships --- Political anthropology --- South Africa --- Politics and government

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Decentralization in government --- Regionalism --- Nationalism --- Central-local government relations --- Center-periphery government relations --- Local-central government relations --- Local government-central government relations --- Political science --- Federal government --- Human geography --- Interregionalism --- Political aspects