Making Decentralization Work
Making Decentralization Work
Democracy, Development and Security
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Bind: Paperback
Year: 2017
Pages: 270
Size: 5.75 x 9 Inch
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Published in India by: Viva Books
Exclusive Distributors: Viva Books
Sales Territory: India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
"An insightful collection of essays.... This is an essential work for all who study or attempt to implement decentralization reforms."
—James Wunsch, Creighton University
"Provides an excellent overview of how decentralization may both enhance and undermine democracy, development, and security."
—Brian Wampler, Boise State University
Description:
It is increasingly difficult to find developing countries whose leaders have not debated or implemented some type of decentralization reform. But has decentralization worked? Does it actually help a country to deepen democratic governance, promote economic development, or enhance public security? Under what conditions does it justify the enthusiasm of those who have pushed so successfully for its adoption?
The authors of this volume sift through the accumulating evidence to assess how well decentralization has fared. Focusing on consequences rather than causes, their goal is to inform future interventions in support of decentralized governance by showcasing some of the important trade-offs that it has generated so far.
Target Audience:
Academicians, students and researchers of Political Science.
Contents:
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Democracy, Development, and Security as Objectives of Decentralization (Kent Eaton and
Ed Connerley)
Chapter 2. The Promise of Decentralized Democratic Governance (Jonathan T. Hiskey)
Chapter 3. Elections and the Development of Local Democracy (Gary Bland)
Chapter 4. Decentralization and Community Empowerment (Derick W. Brinkerhoff, with Omar Azfar)
Chapter 5. Decentralization, Authority, and Local Democracy (Jesse C. Ribot, Ashwini Chhatre, and
Tomila Lankina )
Chapter 6. Decentralization and Internal Conflict (Joseph Siegle and Patrick O?Mahony)
Chapter 7. Measuring Decentralization (Kent Eaton and Larry Schroeder)
Chapter 8. Implementing Decentralization: Meeting Neglected Challenges (Paul Smoke)
References
The Contributors
Index
About the Book
About the Editors:
Ed Connerley is senior adviser for decentralization and local governance in the USAlD Office of Democracy and Governance, providing technical leadership and field support for AID missions around the world.
Kent Eaton is professor of politics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is author of Politics beyond the Capital: The Design of Subnational Institutions in South America and Politicians and Economic Reform in New Democracies: Argentina and the Philippines in the 1990s.
Paul Smoke is professor of international studies in the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University. His most recent book is Decentralization in Asia and Latin America: Towards A Comparative Interdisciplinary Perspective.
