Local Democracy and Politics in South Asia

Towards internal decolonization?
2003
ISBN: 978-3-8100-3944-6
Verlag: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften

Buch, Deutsch, Band 3, 158 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 216 g

Reihe: Urban and Regional Research International

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.

Zielgruppe

Graduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vajpeyi, Dhirendra K.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Evolution of Local Self-Government in India.- Recent Developments and Debates in Local Governments in India.- Local Government in Bangladesh: Evolution, Reorganization, Center-Local Relation and Critical Issues.- Nepal in Crisis: Democratization and the Failure of Local Government.- Decentralization and Local Politics in Sri Lanka.- Pakistan: Experiments in Local Governance.- About the Editor and Contributors.- Selected Bibliography.

Über Autor(innen)

Dhirendra Vajpeyi, professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Northern Iowa, Ceddar Falls