Politicising Democracy: The New Local Politics of Democratisation

✍ Scribed by John Harriss, Kristian Stokke, Olle Törnquist (eds.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 2005
Tongue: English
Leaves: 268
Series: International Political Economy Series
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction: The New Local Politics of Democratisation....Pages 1-28
Decentralisation in Indonesia: Less State, More Democracy?....Pages 29-50
Bossism and Democracy in the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia: Towards an Alternative Framework for the Study of ‘Local Strongmen’....Pages 51-74
Can Public Deliberation Democratise State Action?: Municipal Health Councils and Local Democracy in Brazil....Pages 75-106
Historical Hurdles in the Course of the People’s Planning Campaign in Kerala, India....Pages 107-126
Social Movements, Socio-economic Rights and Substantial Democratisation in South Africa....Pages 127-147
More than Difficult, Short of Impossible: Party Building and Local Governance in the Philippines....Pages 148-170
Trade Unions, Institutional Reform and Democracy: Nigerian Experiences with South African and Ugandan Comparisons....Pages 171-200
The Political Deficit of Substantial Democratisation....Pages 201-225
Back Matter....Pages 226-253

✦ Subjects

Development Economics; International Relations; Development Studies; Political Economy; Development Policy; Economic Policy

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