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Brazil: The Prospects of a Center-Constraining Federation in a Fragmented Polity

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Although there have been deep changes in the federation as a consequence of redemocratization and decentralization, Brazil continues to exhibit profound imbalances among regions. These imbalances create contradictions and tensions in Brazilian federalism. The central problem addressed in this article is to identify the main difficulties facing federalism, and to assess their consequences on the prospects of federalism should tensions continue unabated. Brazilian federalism has always been a means of accommodating deep-rooted regional disparities. Although there are political and fiscal mechanisms to offset some of the problems of regional disparities, such mechanisms have been insufficient to counteract a long history of uneven regional development. Because of the country's inequalities, the capabilities of subnational governments to respond to Brazil's current demands and agendas are highly uneven. Copyright 2002, Oxford University Press.

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  • Celina Souza, 2002. "Brazil: The Prospects of a Center-Constraining Federation in a Fragmented Polity," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, CSF Associates Inc., vol. 32(2), pages 23-48, Spring.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:publus:v:32:y:2002:i:2:p:23-48
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    1. Sharma, Chanchal Kumar, 2015. "Re-imagining Federalism in India: Exploring the Frontiers of Collaborative Federal Architecture," MPRA Paper 64325, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 14 Feb 2015.
    2. Barbara Pozzoni, 2007. "The Effectiveness of World Bank Support for Community-Based and Driven Development : Engaging the Poor through CBD and CDD Initiatives--A Brazil Country Study with a Focus on the Northeast," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 20202, December.
    3. Jurgen von Hagen, 2016. "Fiscal Federalism: Public Goods, Transfers, and Common Pools," Cyprus Economic Policy Review, University of Cyprus, Economics Research Centre, vol. 10(2), pages 41-75, December.
    4. Kosec, Katrina, 2011. "Politics and preschool : the political economy of investment in pre-primary education," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5647, The World Bank.

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