TY - BOOK AU - Gibson,Edward L. TI - Boundary control: subnational authoritarianism in federal democracies T2 - Cambridge studies in comparative politics SN - 9780521192231 (hardback) PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Federal government KW - Subnational governments KW - Authoritarianism KW - Central-local government relations N1 - Includes index and bibliography : pages 173-182; Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Territorial politics and subnational democratization: charting the theoretical landscape; 3. Subnational authoritarianism in the United States: boundary control and the'Solid South'; 4. Boundary control in democratizing Argentina; 5. Boundary control in democratizing Mexico; 6. Boundary control: comparisons and conclusions N2 - 'This book explains how subnational authoritarianism is part of normal democratic politics and strategic interactions between local authoritarians and national democratic leaders'-- ER -