Recentralisation in Colombia

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This book tackles the question of how to characterise and account fornbsp;recentralisation in Colombia between central and lower levels of governmentnbsp;across a 26-year period. Around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has oncenbsp;again put the distribution of responsibilities, resources, and authority betweennbsp;different levels of government at the heart of political debate. This book bringsnbsp;this issue to light as a topic central to the study of public administration.Drawingnbsp;on extensive fi eldwork with more than a hundred interviews with formernbsp;presidents, ministers, members of congress, governors, local mayors andnbsp;subnational public offi cials, as well as documentary sources, it begins with anbsp;historical account of recentralisation processes in the world. It then proposes anbsp;theoretical framework to explain these processes, before tracing and carefullynbsp;comparing recentralisation episodes in Colombia using theory-guided processnbsp;tracing.