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LOCAL GOVERNANCE REFORM IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
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| By: |
Norbert Kersting |
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Paperback |
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£37.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
353116953X |
| ISBN 13: |
9783531169538 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER FACHMEDIEN WIESBADEN |
| Pub. date: |
15 July, 2009 |
| Edition: |
2009 ed. |
| Series: |
Urban and Regional Research International 12 |
| Translated from: |
German |
| Description: |
Papers from a workshop held in Apr. 2008 at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, and organized by the International Political Science Association's Committee 05 on "Comparative Studies on Local Government and Politics" and the Dept. of Political Science, Stellenbosch University. |
| Synopsis: |
"Good local governance" reflects the dual functions of local government. On the one hand, democratic regimes gain input legitimacy by responsiveness and by being inclusive towards the preferences of their citizens. On the other hand, they achieve output legitimacy by effectively delivering public goods and services. Their governance strategies follow three major paths - "decentralisation," "political administrative reforms" and "participatory reforms." But national contexts, actors, political culture and path dependency matter a lot. In this book continent-wide developments are compared by using relevant country studies. This comparative approach focuses on "developing countries" in Asia, Africa and Latin America, comparing and contrasting their experience with that of European countries |
| Illustrations: |
Bibliography; Illustrations, black and white; 20 Tables, black and white |
| Publication: |
Germany |
| Imprint: |
VS Verlag fur Sozialwissenschaften |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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