Author: Jayadeva UyangodaPublisher:
ISBN: 9789550762347
Category : Democracy
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Local Government and Local Democracy in Sri Lanka
Author: Jayadeva UyangodaPublisher:
ISBN: 9789550762347
Category : Democracy
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Effective Local Governance
Author: Shelton WanasinghePublisher: Institute of Policy Studies Victoria University of Welling
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Decentralization and Development of Sri Lanka Within a Unitary State
Author: N.S. CoorayPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 9811042594
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
This comprehensive volume provides uniquely diverse insights into various aspects of decentralization and development from both developed and developing countries, with special reference to Sri Lanka. For a quarter century, Sri Lanka was battered by its prolonged civil war, which ended in 2009, but has now achieved relative peace and stability. Having developed rapidly, Sri Lanka offers a classic example for developing countries. There is, however, a strong need, particularly in the context of postwar conflict, to formulate policies for reconciliation, peace building, and development at all levels—local, provincial, and national. Decentralization itself is not a new subject; however, how to devolve power to local administrative levels within a unitary system and how to link the devolved power to make local administrative systems more conducive to development and provide better services for citizens are challenging tasks in many countries. Taking into account the developmental, governance, and conciliatory needs and the sensitivity of central–local relations, this volume critically examines the local government systems in Sri Lanka. It also proposes a viable, effective and autonomous local-level administrative unit based, which draws on experiences from Japan and other countries, and identifies the role and functions of such a unit. The book presents commissioned papers from a three-year research project undertaken by internationally respected experts with financial support by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) under a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research.
Overview of the Local Government System
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9789555821308
Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Local Government in Sri Lanka
Author: Victor GunewardenaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Local Democracy and Politics in South Asia
Author: Dhirendra K. VajpeyiPublisher: Springer-Verlag
ISBN: 3663106764
Category : Political Science
Languages : de
Pages : 146
Book 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.
Local Politics in Sri Lanka
Author: W. A. Wiswa WarnapalaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local elections
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Local Democracy in South Asia: Microprocesses of Democratization in Nepal and Its Neighbours
Author: Publisher: Sage
ISBN: 9789352805754
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
This volume, the first in a new series on governance, conflict, and civic action in South Asia, focuses on the larger countries of South Asia--Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and especially Nepal. The 15 essays in this volume analyze democracy both as a process and as a value. The essays also examine in ethnographic detail the way in which democracy is actually experienced in South Asia, ranging far beyond conventional political structures to look at conflict resolution, rhetorics of foreign aid, ethnic organizations, Maoist practices of local government, Dalit resistance, and so on. Many of the processes that are analyzed in depth in the Nepalese context are shown to have their analogues in other South Asian countries. By putting Nepalese political and social processes firmly within their South Asian context, the current political crisis in Nepal is shown to be neither so radically new and different, nor so insoluble as it might appear. At the same time, the view from the peripheries of South Asia throws into relief the extent to which India has evolved away from the traditional caste-determined patron-client structures that once formed the framework of political action there. The volume is a significant contribution to the study of how local democracy actually operates in South Asia. It will be of interest to political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists, and development specialists.
Cultivating the Grass Roots
Author: Hubert J. B. AllenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Decentralization in government
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Foundations for Local Governance
Author: Fumihiko SaitoPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3790820067
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Successful reforms need coherent approaches in which a range of stakeholders are willing to share responsibilities and resources in order to achieve the ultimate outcome of poverty reduction in developing countries. This book provides a framework to access intended outcomes generated by decentralization measures implemented in Asian and African countries. It is based on comparative analyses of different experiences of decentralization measures in six developing countries.