Urban Governance Voice and Poverty in the Developing World

Informationen zum Autor Nick Devas is Director of the International Development Department of the School of Public Policy at the University of Birmingham. Klappentext * Authored by an international team of researchers Zusammenfassung Poverty and governance are both issues high on the agenda of international agencies and governments in the South. This book demonstrates that in many countries the global trends towards decentralization and democratization offer opportunities for the poor to have an influence on the decisions that affect them. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; Urban Poverty and Governance in an Era of Globalization! Decentralization and Democratization; Economic Growth! Urban Poverty and City Governance; Surviving in the City: Livelihoods and Linkages of the Urban Poor; Urban Politics: Exclusion or Empowerment? Urban Government: Capacity! Resources and Responsiveness; Civil Society Organizations: Do They Make a Difference to Urban Poverty? Regulating the Informal Sector: Voice and Bad Governance; Accessing Land and Services: Exclusion or Entitlement? Conclusions: Urban Governance! Voice and Poverty * Annex 1: Research Methodology * Annex 2: Urban Governance! Partnerships and Poverty Research * References * Index

Product details

• Authors: Nick Devas, Devas Nick
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2004
• EAN: 9781853839924
• ISBN: 978-1-85383-992-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, The environment, Urban & municipal planning, Public International Law, Jurisprudence & general issues, Urban communities, Development Studies, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Jurisprudence and general issues