Local Democracy and Politics in South Asia
Towards internal decolonization?
Published on 31. October 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
158 pages
978-3-8100-3944-6 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
Edition
2003
Language
German
Place of publication
Wiesbaden
Germany
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Graduate
Illustrations
1 s/w Abbildung
158 S. 1 Abb.
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
216 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-8100-3944-6 (9783810039446)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-663-10676-0
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E-Book
07/2013
VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
€42.99
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Person
Dhirendra Vajpeyi, professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Northern Iowa, Ceddar Falls
Content
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.