Boundary Control Subnational Authoritarianism in Federal Democracies The democratization of a national government is only a first step in the diffusion of democracy throughout a country s territory. Even after a national government is democratized, subnational authoritarian enclaves often continue to deny rights to citizens of local jurisdictions. offers new theoretical perspectives for the study of democratization in his exploration of this phenomenon. His theory of boundary control captures the conflict pattern between incumbents and oppositions when a national democratic government exists alongside authoritarian provinces (or states ). He also reveals how federalism and the territorial organization of countries shape how subnational authoritarian regimes are built and unravel. Through a novel comparison of the late-nineteenth-century American Solid South with contemporary experiences in Argentina and Mexico, Gibson reveals that the mechanisms of boundary control are reproduced across countries and historical periods. As long as subnational authoritarian governments coexist with national democratic governments, boundary control will be at play. is Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University. He is the author of Class and Conservative Parties: Argentina in Comparative Perspective and editor of Federalism and Democracy in Latin America. He is also author of several scholarly articles on party politics, democratization, and federalism. Professor Gibson has received awards from the National Science Foundation CAREER Program, the Howard Foundation, and other institutions. He teaches courses on democratization, comparative politics, Latin American politics, and federalism and has received numerous teaching awards, including Northwestern University s McCormick Professorship of Teaching Excellence. in this web service
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Boundary Control Subnational Authoritarianism in Federal Democracies EDWARD L. GIBSON Northwestern University in this web service
cambridge university press Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo, Delhi, Mexico City 32 Avenue of the Americas, New York, ny 10013-2473, usa Information on this title: /9780521127332 C 2012 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of. First published 2012 Printed in the United States of America A catalog record for this publication is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Gibson, Edward L. Boundary control : subnational authoritarianism in federal democracies /, Northwestern University. pages cm. (Cambridge studies in comparative politics) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-521-19223-1 (hardback) isbn 978-0-521-12733-2 (paperback) 1. Federal government. 2. Subnational governments. 3. Authoritarianism. 4. Central-local government relations. I. Title. jc355.g53 2012 320.4 049 dc23 2012012604 isbn 978-0-521-19223-1 Hardback isbn 978-0-521-12733-2 Paperback has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of urls for external or third-party Internet Web sites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such Web sites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. in this web service
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Contents 1 Introduction page 1 2 Territorial Politics and Subnational Democratization: Charting the Theoretical Landscape 9 3 Subnational Authoritarianism in the United States: Boundary Control and the Solid South 35 4 Boundary Control in Democratizing Argentina 72 5 Boundary Control in Democratizing Mexico 112 6 Boundary Control: Comparisons and Conclusions 148 Bibliography 173 Index 183 ix in this web service
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