01003pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002900040245008900069260000900158300001300167362000800180520057300188650003000761650002100791773004500812180718b2000   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aCabrero-Mendoza, Enrique  aMexican local governance in transition: fleeting change or permanent transformation?  c2000  ap.374-88  aDec  aImportant innovations have recently democratized local government in Mexico and improved its performance.  These include changes in mayors' leadership style, broader citizen participation, and improved intergovernmental relations and public management systems.  But these changes have not come easily.  This article analyzes obstacles to institutionalizing changes, presents the negative effects of some new public management-based reforms, and analyzes the paradoxes that accompany this transition from autocracy to the current "limited democratization." - Reproduced  aLocal government - Mexico  aLocal government  aAmerican Review of Public Administration