Rethinking Decentralization in the Unitary States
Rethinking Decentralization in the Unitary States
Rethinking Decentralization in the Unitary States
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Country Trends<br />
◦ Myanmar is one of <strong>the</strong> world’s most centralized<br />
states, have expressed <strong>the</strong> need for reforms<br />
<strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g a degree of decentralization (Fritzen & Lim<br />
2006).<br />
◦ Brita<strong>in</strong> & France Central government has<br />
always been powerful <strong>in</strong> Brita<strong>in</strong>, which, with France,<br />
is one of <strong>the</strong> most highly centralized, unitary states<br />
<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> western world, but <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> last few years <strong>the</strong><br />
centre has fur<strong>the</strong>r consolidated its power by<br />
<strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g its legal, political, and f<strong>in</strong>ancial control<br />
over local authorities (Goldsmith and Newton 1983).<br />
◦ Costa Rica centralist tradition <strong>in</strong> that country is<br />
among <strong>the</strong> strongest <strong>in</strong> Lat<strong>in</strong> America. Efforts to<br />
move away from this tradition (decentralization)<br />
over <strong>the</strong> past 25 years has been done though it is<br />
unsuccessful (Ryan 2004). 27
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