Making decentralization work : democracy, development, and security / edited by Ed Connerley, Kent Eaton, Paul Smoke. - Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2010. - viii, 263 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Democracy, development, and security as objectives of decentralization / Kent Eaton and Ed Connerley -- The promise of decentralized democratic governance / Jonathan T. Hiskey -- Elections and the development of local democracy / Gary Bland -- Decentralization and community empowerment / Derick W. Brinkerhoff, with Omar Azfar -- Decentralization, authority, and local democracy / Jesse C. Ribot, Ashwini Chhatre and Tomila Lankina -- Decentralization and internal conflict / Joseph Siegle and Patrick O'Mahony -- Measuring decentralization / Kent Eaton and Larry Schroeder -- Implementing decentralization: meeting neglected challenges / Paul Smoke.

9781588267320 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1588267326 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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GBB028430 bnb

015489993 Uk


Decentralization in government--Developing countries.


Developing countries--Politics and government.

JF60 / .M33 2010