Foundations for Local Governance
Subtitle: Decentralization in Comparative Perspective
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9783790820065; 9781281179272
Subjects: Decentralization in government
Description: Various forms of decentralization are recently pursued in the world, including developing countries. However, there has not been a coherent framework to access these intended outcomes generated by decentralization measures implemented in Asian and African countries. This book provides such a framework based on comparative analyses of different experiences of decentralization measures in six developing countries, where the policy rationale to???bring services closer to people??? originated in different socio-political backgrounds. Although decentralization measures are potentially useful for a.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Front Matter; Decentralization and Local Governance: Introduction and Overview; Indonesia towards Decentralization and Democracy; Entangled Democracy, Decentralization and Lifeworld in Flores under Global Trends; Redesigning Local Governance in India: Lessons from the Kerala Experiment; Contrasting Experiences of Decentralization in Two States in India; Challenges of Moving into a Devolved Polity in Sri Lanka; Politics and Local Government in Uganda; Possibility of Creating a Deliberative Solution in Uganda; Democratic Decentralization in Post-Apartheid South Africa.; title: The Challenges of Deepening Democracy in Post-Apartheid South AfricaThe Balance Sheet of Decentralization in Ghana; Potential and Limitation of Local Radio in Information Accessibility in Ghana; Conclusions; Back Matter.