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Author: Paromita Sanyal
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 229
ISBN-13: 1107019745
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStudies citizens' deliberation on governance and development in Indian democracy, and the influence of state policy and literacy, analysing three hundred village assemblies. This title is also available as Open Access.
Author: Krishan Kumar
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Published: 2007
Total Pages: 244
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKContents Include : Introduction; Democracy : Genesis And Development; Social And Cultural Aspects Of Village Life; Economic Aspects Of Village Life; Self-Governing System Of Village : An Experience In Direct Democracy; The Impact Of Modernity On Village Life; An Evaluation Of The Experience In Direct Democracy Of Village; Bibliography.
Author: Mary L. Walsh
Publisher: International City/County Management Association(ICMA)
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 144
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Archon Fung
Publisher: Verso
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781859846889
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe forms of liberal democracy developed in the 19th century seem increasingly ill-suited to the problems we face in the 21st. This dilemma has given rise to a deliberative democracy, and this text explores four contemporary cases in which the principles have been at least partially instituted.
Author: Jefferey M. Sellers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-03-05
Total Pages: 413
ISBN-13: 1108427782
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores ways to make democracy work better, with particular focus on the integral role of local institutions.
Author: Jorrit De Jong
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2009-11-01
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 0815701764
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Brookings Institution Press and Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation publication This book documents a worrisome gap between principles and practice in democratic governance. The State of Access is a comparative, cross-disciplinary exploration of the ways in which democratic institutions fail or succeed to create the equal opportunities that they have promised to deliver to the people they serve. In theory, rules and regulations may formally guarantee access to democratic processes, public services, and justice. But reality routinely disappoints, for a number of reasons—exclusionary policymaking, insufficient attention to minorities, underfunded institutions, inflexible bureaucracies. The State of Access helps close the gap between the potential and performance in democratic governance.
Author: Guohui Wang
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014-07-08
Total Pages: 191
ISBN-13: 3642540589
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWang's book offers an empirically rich and conceptually nuanced analysis of how local state agents maintain control over village self-governance in China. His careful analysis of primary documents enables him to explicate the formal mechanisms used by members of the local state to influence village affairs. Meanwhile, his rigorous and fascinating ethnographic data enable him to elucidate the manifold ways in which informal clientelist ties between local state officials and village elites permit the former to exert control. Overall, this excellent book powerfully demonstrates the need for scholars to go beyond attention to election processes when evaluating what village democracy means in a Chinese context. It is a must-read for all serious scholars of Chinese politics and society. —Rachel Murphy, University of Oxford Guohui Wang's highly original, in-depth case research vividly reveals the dynamics of contemporary Chinese village politics. By combining abundant empirical data with close observation as an "insider," his book illustrates the processes and consequences of transplanting 'democracy' into rural Chinese society. Particularly for those in the West who are keen on understanding the ongoing transformation of rural China, this book is a rich and revealing source. —Shukai Zhao, Development Research Center of the State Council, P.R. China
Author: Emmanuel Akyeampong
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-08-11
Total Pages: 541
ISBN-13: 1107041155
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy has Africa remained persistently poor over its recorded history? Has Africa always been poor? What has been the nature of Africa's poverty and how do we explain its origins? This volume takes a necessary interdisciplinary approach to these questions by bringing together perspectives from archaeology, linguistics, history, anthropology, political science, and economics. Several contributors note that Africa's development was at par with many areas of Europe in the first millennium of the Common Era. Why Africa fell behind is a key theme in this volume, with insights that should inform Africa's developmental strategies.
Author: B. He
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2007-09-17
Total Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 0230607314
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines village democracy and the prospects of China's democratization. It explains how three key factors - township, economy and kinship - shape village democracy and account for rural variations. It considers the extension of village to township elections, the idea of a mixed regime and its impact on political development in China.
Author: Timothy Raeymaekers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-12-18
Total Pages: 205
ISBN-13: 1107082072
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book analyses the radical political transformation of eastern Congo through the lens of cross-border risk management.
