Local Democracy and Politics in South Asia - Towards internal decolonization?

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.

Sommario

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.

Info autore

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Dhirendr K Vajpeyi (Editore), Dhirendra K Vajpeyi (Editore), Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi (Editore)
• Editore: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
• Lingue: Tedesco
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2003
• EAN: 9783810039446
• ISBN: 978-3-8100-3944-6
• Pagine: 158
• Peso: 244 g
• Illustrazioni: 158 S. 1 Abb.
• Serie: Urban Research International; Urban and Regional Research International; Urban Research International
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva