
Cities and Local Governments in Central Asia
Administrative, Fiscal, and Political Urban Battles
Madina Junussova(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 29. August 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
146 pages
978-1-032-40050-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents the changing roles of urban governments and how local governments struggle to gain administrative, fiscal, and political power to combat current urban challenges in Kazakhstan.
Focusing on the cities and regions selected by the national government of Kazakhstan to be the drivers of national economic development, the author analyses the impact of decentralization on the role of local governments. The book examines the practical experiences of city and regional governments with an emphasis on urban planning, public investment in national projects, and management of urban transport. Due to the complexity and irregular distribution of political reforms at different levels of local government in Kazakhstan, three separate studies are presented, each looking at a specific aspect of decentralization reform and local government function related to physical urban development and distribution of public investment. The author argues that, if the national government of Kazakhstan wants to concentrate economic resources in urban agglomerations, it is not enough to assume that local governments are ready to play the role of efficient planners and managers of urban development.
A useful analysis illustrating cities and urban conglomerations as engines of growth in economic development, this book will be of interest to academics studying Central Asian Studies, in particular political and economic development, Development Studies, and Urban Studies.
Focusing on the cities and regions selected by the national government of Kazakhstan to be the drivers of national economic development, the author analyses the impact of decentralization on the role of local governments. The book examines the practical experiences of city and regional governments with an emphasis on urban planning, public investment in national projects, and management of urban transport. Due to the complexity and irregular distribution of political reforms at different levels of local government in Kazakhstan, three separate studies are presented, each looking at a specific aspect of decentralization reform and local government function related to physical urban development and distribution of public investment. The author argues that, if the national government of Kazakhstan wants to concentrate economic resources in urban agglomerations, it is not enough to assume that local governments are ready to play the role of efficient planners and managers of urban development.
A useful analysis illustrating cities and urban conglomerations as engines of growth in economic development, this book will be of interest to academics studying Central Asian Studies, in particular political and economic development, Development Studies, and Urban Studies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
196 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-40050-1 (9781032400501)
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Administrative, Fiscal, and Political Urban Battles
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Administrative, Fiscal, and Political Urban Battles
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Administrative, Fiscal, and Political Urban Battles
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Madina Junussova is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Public Policy and Administration of the University of Central Asia, Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan and a CERGE-EI Foundation Teaching Fellow.
Content
1. THE CHANGING ROLES OF CITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
2. UNCOVERING ADMINISTRATIVE, FISCAL AND POLITICAL POWERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN KAZAKHSTAN
3. ADMINISTRATIVE URBAN STRUGGLE: ALMATY CITY VERSUS ALMATY REGION
4. FISCAL CHALLENGES FACING NUR-SULTAN AND ALMATY: FIGHTING FOR NATIONAL PROJECTS AND TRANSFERS
5. CLASH OF LOCAL DEPUTIES VERSUS LOCAL BUREAUCRATS IN URBAN TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT
6. RECONSIDERING THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE CENTRAL ASIAN CONTEXT
2. UNCOVERING ADMINISTRATIVE, FISCAL AND POLITICAL POWERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN KAZAKHSTAN
3. ADMINISTRATIVE URBAN STRUGGLE: ALMATY CITY VERSUS ALMATY REGION
4. FISCAL CHALLENGES FACING NUR-SULTAN AND ALMATY: FIGHTING FOR NATIONAL PROJECTS AND TRANSFERS
5. CLASH OF LOCAL DEPUTIES VERSUS LOCAL BUREAUCRATS IN URBAN TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT
6. RECONSIDERING THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE CENTRAL ASIAN CONTEXT