Decentralization in Africa : : The Paradox of State Strength /

Decentralization in Africa : : The Paradox of State Strength / / ed. by James S. Wunsch, J. Tyler Dickovick.

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In recent decades, laws passed by African governments to transfer power and resources to local and other subnational governments (SNGs) have been greeted by many in the policy community with enthusiasm. But how far has decentralization really gone in Africa? How well does it work? And what have been...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
MitwirkendeR:
Ayee, Joseph,
Dickovick, J. Tyler,
Englebert, Pierre,
Gebre-Egziabher, Tegegne,
Kassibo, Brehima,
Mogale, Thomas,
Molaodi, Daniel,
Mothusi, Bashi,
Muhumuza, William,
Olowu, Dele,
Picard, Louis A.,
Poteete, Amy R.,
Reaud, Beatrice,
Riedl, Rachel Beatty,
Sangaré, Nestorine,
Smoke, Paul,
Sola, Nazar,
Ssewankambo, Emmanuel,
Tidemand, Per,
Weimer, Bernhard,
Wing, Susanna D.,
Wunsch, James S.,
HerausgeberIn:
Dickovick, J. Tyler,
Wunsch, James S.,
Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
©2014
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (317 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Decentralization: Theoretical, Conceptual, and Analytical Issues
  • 2 Botswana: Political and Economic Obstacles to Decentralization
  • 3 Burkina Faso: Limited Decentralization Under Tight Oversight
  • 4 Ethiopia: Ethnic Federalism and Centripetal Forces
  • 5 Ghana: Decentralization in a Two-Party Democracy
  • 6 Mali: Incentives and Challenges for Decentralization
  • 7 Mozambique: Decentralization in a Centralist Setting
  • 8 Nigeria: Issues of Capacity and Accountability in Decentralization
  • 9 South Africa: Decentralization and the Apartheid Legacy
  • 10 Tanzania: Devolution Under Centralized Governance
  • 11 Uganda: Decentralization Reforms, Reversals, and an Uncertain Future
  • 12 African Decentralization in Comparative Perspective
  • Acronyms
  • References
  • The Contributors
  • Index
  • About the Book

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