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Foundations for Local Governance Decentralization in Comparative Perspective

:	Fumihiko Saito
:	Foundations for Local Governance Decentralization in Comparative Perspective
:	Physica-Verlag
:	9783790820065
:	1
:	CHF 85.30
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:	Volkswirtschaft
:	English

:	301
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Successful reforms need coherent approaches in which a range of stakeholders are willing to share responsibilities and resources in order to achieve the ultimate outcome of poverty reduction in developing countries. This book provides a framework to access intended outcomes generated by decentralization measures implemented in Asian and African countries. It is based on comparative analyses of different experiences of decentralization measures in six developing countries.

	Preface and Acknowledgements	5
	Contents	9
	1 Decentralization and Local Governance: Introduction and Overview	11
	1.1 Aim of This Book	11
	1.2 The Decentralized State Idealized	12
	1.3 Decentralized State for Poverty Reduction	14
	1.4 Review of the Past Literature	18
	1.5 Actor Perspective as Research Methodology	21
	1.6 Main Arguments and Chapter Summaries	28
	References	32
	2 Indonesia towards Decentralization and Democracy	35
	2.1 Introduction	35
	2.2 National Government and Regime Type	36
	2.3 Political Decentralization	41
	2.4 Personnel Management	44
	2.5 Local Financial Autonomy	45
	2.6 Civil Society and Public Participation	49
	2.7 Summary and Conclusion	54
	References	55
	3 Entangled Democracy, Decentralization and Lifeworld in Flores under Global Trends	57
	3.1 Introduction	57
	3.2 Global Winds and Decentralization in Indonesia	59
	3.3 The Persistent Ethnic Structure of the Nation-State and the Emergence of Regional Identity Politics	62
	3.4 An Analytical Review of Democracy	66
	3.5 Accommodation of Democracy in Indonesia	69
	3.6 Concluding Remarks: Partnership in Reciprocal Translation for Our Better Lifeworld	79
	References	81
	4 Redesigning Local Governance in India: Lessons from the Kerala Experiment	85
	4.1 Background for Local Government System	86
	4.2 Methodology of Participatory Planning	90
	4.3 Towards Making an Inventory of Lessons	92
	4.4 Conclusions	99
	References	101
	5 Contrasting Experiences of Decentralization in Two States in India	103
	5.1 Introduction	103
	5.2 Civil Society in India	105
	5.3 History of Decentralization and Civil Society in Karnataka	107
	5.4 Collaboration with Civil Organizations and Government in Kerala	113
	5.5 Comparing Experiences of the Two States	117
	References	120
	6 Challenges of Moving into a Devolved Polity in Sri Lanka	122
	6.1 Introduction	122
	6.2 Centralized Polity: Colonial Roots	126
	6.3 Post-Colonial Decentralization Attempts	129
	6.4 The Devolution Package	132
	6.5 Practice of Devolution	134
	6.6 Local Government in the Devolved System	136
	6.7 The Transformation Experience	139
	6.8 Center-Province Relations	140
	6.9 Community Participation in Governance	142
	6.10 Conclusions	142
	References	144
	8 Possibility of Creating a Deliberative Solution in Uganda	174
	8.1 Revisiting Uganda in a New Context	174
	8.2 LC System, Political Space, and Deliberation	175
	8.3 Improved Service Delivery	179
	8.4 Improved Linkages of Various Government Levels	181
	8.5 Human and Financial Resources as Enabling Factors	182
	8.6 Collaboration and Partnerships	185
	8.7 Uganda at a Critical Crossroads?	189
	8.8 Conclusions	190
	References	192
	9 Democratic Decentralization in Post-Apartheid South Africa	194
	9.1 Introduction	194
	9.2 Political System and Regime Type	195
	9.3 Constitutional and Legal Basis for Democratic Local Government	199
	9.4 Local Government Elections	203
	9.5 Local Government Staffing	205
	9.6 Local Government Financing	207
	9.7 Accountability and Transparency	208
	9.8 Decentralization Challenges	214
	9.9 Conclusion	215
	References	216
	11 The Balance Sheet of Decentralization in Ghana	240
	11.1 Introduction	240
	11.2 Political System and Regime Type	242
	11.3 Sub-national Assemblies and Elections	244
	11.4 Framework of Local Government	248
	11.5 The Local Government Structure	253
	11.6 Personnel Management	255
	11.7 Financial Autonomy	256
	11.8 Civil Society and Participation at Sub-national Levels	258
	11.9 Challenges to Decentralization	260
	11.10 Conclusion	262
	References	263
	13 Conclusions	284
	13.1 Usefulness and Limitations of the Actor Perspective	284
	13.2 Comparative Analyses of Decentralization	286
	13.3 Putting Decentralization Measures into Perspective	290
	References	293
	Contributors	294
	Index	298