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IMPROVING LOCAL GOVERNMENT
OUTCOMES OF COMPARATIVE RESEARCH |
| By: |
Michiel S. de Vries (Editor), P. S. Reddy (Editor), M. Shamsul Haque (Editor) |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£73.20 |
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| ISBN 10: |
023028731X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780230287310 |
| Publisher: |
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN |
| Pub. date: |
9 April, 2008 |
| Series: |
Governance and Public Management |
| Description: |
Local governments encounter many problems, and although there is not one panacea that works internationally, this book argues that there are mechanisms to improve local situations. By drawing on case studies from the developing world, the authors review best practices in good governance. |
| Synopsis: |
Local governments in the developing world are currently facing serious and urgent problems. Poverty, failings of infrastructure, and the lack of human and financial resources have impacted negatively on local governments' capacity to perform their mandated functions. This volume draws attention to the prescriptions of public administration theory, and their differential impact on different contexts, in different parts of the world. It challenges existing perspectives on local governance, that either overemphasize the universality of solutions to local government problems, or segregate solutions, isolating them as relative or transitional - often reaching no solution at all. The authors gathered here argue that, whilst there is no one-size-fits-all solution, solutions for specific problems in local governance can undoubtedly be found. |
| Illustrations: |
1 illustration |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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