Local Governance in Developing Countries...
This book provides a new institutional economics perspective on alternative models of local governance, offering a comprehensive view of local government organization and finance in the developing world. The experiences of ten developing/transition economies are reviewed to draw lessons of general interest in strengthening responsive, responsible, and accountable local governance. The book is written in simple user friendly language to facilitate a wider readership by p (more…)
Share and Enjoy:
Posted by
planet naga in
Government on
10 19th, 2009 |
No Comments
This book provides a new institutional economics perspective on alternative models of local governance, offering a comprehensive view of local government organization and finance in the developing world. The experiences of ten developing/transition economies are reviewed to draw lessons of general interest in strengthening responsive, responsible, and accountable local governance. The book is written in simple user friendly language to facilitate a wider readership by p (more…)
Share and Enjoy:
Changing Governance of Local Economies: ...
This book examines patterns of economic governance in three specific, contrasting, contexts: machinery-producing districts; declining steel cities; and clusters of high-technology activities. Building on the work of their previous book (Local Production Systems in Europe: Rise or Demise? OUP 2001), which charted the recent development of local clusters of specialized manufacturing among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, th (more…)
Share and Enjoy:
Posted by
planet naga in
Government on
10 13th, 2009 |
No Comments
This book examines patterns of economic governance in three specific, contrasting, contexts: machinery-producing districts; declining steel cities; and clusters of high-technology activities. Building on the work of their previous book (Local Production Systems in Europe: Rise or Demise? OUP 2001), which charted the recent development of local clusters of specialized manufacturing among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, th (more…)
Share and Enjoy:
Earthly Politics: Local and Global in En...
Review
“The authors have undertaken nothing less than tracing and evaluating the links between global governance and environmental politics, with a clear-cut and original stress upon the ways in which local and global dynamics interact. Their conceptualization of these interactions is especially compelling, partly because the links are so crucial to the ways in which environmental issues are subjected to governance but mainly because they probe the links in highly creative and persu (more…)
Share and Enjoy:
Posted by
planet naga in
Government on
10 10th, 2009 |
No Comments
Review
“The authors have undertaken nothing less than tracing and evaluating the links between global governance and environmental politics, with a clear-cut and original stress upon the ways in which local and global dynamics interact. Their conceptualization of these interactions is especially compelling, partly because the links are so crucial to the ways in which environmental issues are subjected to governance but mainly because they probe the links in highly creative and persu (more…)
Share and Enjoy:
Local Governance in Western Europe (SAGE...
Review
`Its strength lies in combining theoretical insights with an impressive range of empirical material. The analysis is subtle and multi-layered…. This is a timely and important book’ – Political Studies `Local governance have gained massive attention among scholars and practitioners during the past several years. Peter John’s book fills a void in the literature by tracing the historical roots of local governance and by placing his findings in a comparative perspective’ – P (more…)
Share and Enjoy:
Posted by
planet naga in
Government on
10 7th, 2009 |
No Comments
Review
`Its strength lies in combining theoretical insights with an impressive range of empirical material. The analysis is subtle and multi-layered…. This is a timely and important book’ – Political Studies `Local governance have gained massive attention among scholars and practitioners during the past several years. Peter John’s book fills a void in the literature by tracing the historical roots of local governance and by placing his findings in a comparative perspective’ – P (more…)
Share and Enjoy:
Foundations for Local Governance: Decent...
Various forms of decentralization are recently pursued in the world, including developing countries. However, there has not been a coherent framework to access these intended outcomes generated by decentralization measures implemented in Asian and African countries. This book provides such a framework based on comparative analyses of different experiences of decentralization measures in six developing countries, where the policy rationale to ‘bring services closer to people’ origin (more…)
Share and Enjoy:
Posted by
planet naga in
Government on
10 4th, 2009 |
No Comments
Various forms of decentralization are recently pursued in the world, including developing countries. However, there has not been a coherent framework to access these intended outcomes generated by decentralization measures implemented in Asian and African countries. This book provides such a framework based on comparative analyses of different experiences of decentralization measures in six developing countries, where the policy rationale to ‘bring services closer to people’ origin (more…)
Share and Enjoy:
