Local Democracy and Politics in South Asia
Local Democracy and Politics in South Asia

Author: Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi

Publisher: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften

Published: 2003-10-31

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783810039446

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The book provides an analysis of local government in five South Asian countries; their evolution from the colonial period to present, and recent steps towards democratisation, decentralization, debureaucratization and fiscal autonomy. Most of these countries share a common colonial legacy and an administrative framework inherited from the British, yet, their paths to nation-building and political development have been quite deverse.

Local Democracy in South Asia
Local Democracy in South Asia

Author: David Gellner

Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited

Published: 2008-02-06

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13:

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The book...is a significant attempt to study the methodologies adopted by the South Asian countries, while implementing local democratic institutions in their respective countries.

Democracy and Decentralisation in South Asia and West Africa
Democracy and Decentralisation in South Asia and West Africa

Author: Richard C. Crook

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1998-12-03

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780521636476

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This book is an in-depth empirical study of four Asian and African attempts to create democratic, decentralised local governments in the late 1980s and 1990s. The case studies of Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Karnataka (India) and Bangladesh focus upon the enhancement of participation; accountability between people, politicians and bureaucrats; and, most importantly, on whether governmental performance actually improved in comparison with previous forms of administration. The book is systematically comparative, and based upon extensive popular surveys and local field work. It makes an important contribution to current debates in the development literature on whether 'good governance' and decentralisation can provide more responsive and effective services for the mass of the population - the poor and disadvantaged who live in the rural areas.

Trysts with Democracy
Trysts with Democracy

Author: Stig Toft Madsen

Publisher: Anthem Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 0857287737

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This volume offers a collection of lucid, theoretically stimulating articles that explore and analyse the institutions and values which are salient in understanding political practices in South Asia. Combining a wide range of theoretical and empirical approaches, and blending the work of experts long established in their respective fields with refreshing and innovative approaches by younger scholars, this collaborative and cross-disciplinary endeavour facilitates a deeper understanding of the subcontinent's diverse and complex political and democratic practices in the 21st century.

State of Democracy in South Asia
State of Democracy in South Asia

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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13:

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"This report seeks to shift the locus of discourse on democracy away from the global North to 'most of the world'. It does so by examining democratic experience in South Asia - a region marked by poverty, illiteracy, complex diversities, and multiple and overlapping structures of social hierarchy-and by daring to ask not just what democracy has done to South Asia but also what South Asia has done to democracy. Based on the first - ever social scientific survey of political opinions and attitudes across the five countries in the region-Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka-the report offers a fresh analysis of the promise of democracy for the ordinary people, its institutional slippages, obstacles in its functioning, and its mixed outcomes. The report combines public opinion data with expert assessment, case studies, and dialogue with democracy activists."--BOOK JACKET.

Challenges to Local Governance in the Pandemic Era
Challenges to Local Governance in the Pandemic Era

Author: John S. Moolakkattu

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2022-03-18

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 1527581756

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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the question of local governance and inter-governmental coordination to the centre of public administration. There is a general feeling across the world that the local government space is critical in managing pandemics. This volume is a collection of articles on the experiences of the local governments in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the focus is on South Asia, especially India, it also provides perspectives on Europe, Africa and Latin America. The book will appeal to researchers, policy makers and practitioners who are interested in the interface between public health and local governance, particularly during emergencies. It also provides clues about the design of sustainable policy and governance, including the type of intergovernmental relations that should emerge in the post-COVID situation.

The Challenge in South Asia
The Challenge in South Asia

Author: Ponna Wignaraja

Publisher: United Nations University Press

Published: 1989-08-31

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9780803996038

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This book reflects the crisis of development, the associated crises of state and its impact on regional cooperation in South Asia. The resulting political and social unrest, violence and militarisation of state structures are considered in detail. The contributors to this volume focus on the depth of the crises and articulate alternatives available and sustainable in the South Asian context -- the common heritage, the renewable resource base and the available stock of knowledge which enlarges the range of technological options.

Urban Governance and Local Democracy in South India
Urban Governance and Local Democracy in South India

Author: ANIL KUMAR. VADDIRAJU

Publisher: Routledge Chapman & Hall

Published: 2023-09-25

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780367675905

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This book examines the issues of urban governance and local democracy in South India. It is the first comprehensive volume that offers comparative frameworks on urban governance across all states in the region: Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The book focuses on governance in small district-level cities and raises crucial questions such as the nature of urban planning, major outstanding issues for urban local governance, conditions of civic amenities such as drinking water and sanitation and problems of social capital in making urban governance work in these states. It emphasizes on both efficient urban governance and effective local democracy to meet the challenges of fast-paced urbanization in these states while presenting policy lessons from their urbanization processes. Rich in empirical data, this book will be useful to scholars and researchers of political studies, public administration, governance, public policy, development studies and urban studies, as well as practitioners and non-governmental organizations.