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100			_aBlair, Harry
245			_aInstitutional pluralism in public administration and politics: applications in Bolivia and beyond
260			_c2001
300			_ap.119-29
362			_aMay
520			_aIn their book Administrative Decentralization: Strategies for Developing Countries, John Cohen and Steven Peterson construct a model they call `institutional pluralism', which they contend is superior to more traditional modes of decentralization. It is characterized chiefly by multiple channels of service provision, thus inducing accountability into a sphere where previously there has been very little. While they restrict their analysis to the administrative realm, this article argues that the institutional pluralist model makes at least as much sense in political decentralization. Bolivia, which recently launched political reforms offering three separate structures linking citizen to state, serves as an excellent illustration of institutional pluralism in politics. This approach shows considerable promise for implementation in other settings, as can be seen in E1 Salvador, and a case can be made for its replication potential elsewhere as well. - Reproduced
650			_aPublic administration - Bolivia
650			_aPublic administration
773			_aPublic Administration and Development
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