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Choice, Recognition and the Democracy Effects of Decentralization

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The report says that many democratic decentralization reforms are well-crafted.

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  • Jesse Ribot, 2018. "Choice, Recognition and the Democracy Effects of Decentralization," Working Papers id:12487, eSocialSciences.
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