Decentralization, democratic governance, and civil society in comparative perspective : Africa, Asia, and Latin America /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Oxhorn, Philip, Tulchin, Joseph S., 1939-, Selee, Andrew D.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Baltimore : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Johns Hopkins University Press, [2004]
Subjects:	Decentralization in government > Africa. Decentralization in government > Asia. Decentralization in government > Latin America. Local government > Africa. Local government > Asia. Local government > Latin America.

Table of Contents:

Unraveling the puzzle of decentralization / Philip Oxhorn
Twenty years of decentralization in Mexico: a top-down process / Yemile Mizrahi
Decentralization and civil society in Mexico / Leticia Santín del Río
State decentralization and regional actors in Chile / Claudia Serrano
Local governance and democratization : the view from the Chilean border / María Elena Ducci
South Africa's double reform: decentralization and the transition from apartheid / Steven Friedman and Caroline Kihato
Kenya's decentralization through the devotion of power: advances and limits / Gilbert M. Khadiagala and Winnie V. Mitullah
The Philippines: decentralization, local governments, and citizen action / Leonora C. Angeles and Francisco A. Magno
Decentralization and regional autonomy in Indonesia / Syarif Hidayat and Hans Antlöv
Decentralization and democratic governance: lessons and challenges / Andrew D. Selee an Joseph S. Tulchin.