Table of Contents

Local Executive Power in Latin American Capital Cities Since 1945 - D.J Myers Bogota - A. Gilbert and J. Davila. Buenos Aires: The Evolution of Local Government - M.P. Jones, M. De Luca, and M. Ines Tula. Caracas: Empowered Mayors and Geopolitical Feudalism - S. Ellner and D.J. Myers. Guatemala City: Mayors and the Struggle for Political Autonomy - D. Jickling and A. Garcia-Iragorri. Havana: The Dynamics of Local Executive Power - J.L. Scarpaci. Lima: Centralized Authority vs. the Struggle for Autonomy - H.A. Dietz and M. Tanaka. Mexico City: The Local-National Dynamics of Democratization - D.E. Davis. Santiago: Municipal Decentralization in a Centralized Political System - P. Siavelis, E. Valenzuela Van Treek, and G. Martelli. Sao Paulo: The Tension Between Clientelism and Participatory Democracy - L.S. Graham and P. Jacobi. Conclusion - H.A. Dietz and D.J. Myers.

About the Author

David J. Myers is associate professor of political science at the Pennsylvania State University. He has published extensively on both Venezuela and Brazil. Henry A. Dietz is professor of political science at the University of Texas. His recent publications include Urban Poverty, Political Participation, and the State: Lima, 1970-1998.