Making decentralization work : democracy, development, and security / edited by Ed Connerley, Kent Eaton, Paul Smoke.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Democracy, development, and security as objectives of decentralization / Kent Eaton and Ed Connerley -- The promise of decentralized democratic governance / Jonathan T. Hiskey -- Elections and the development of local democracy / Gary Bland -- Decentralization and community empowerment / Derick W. Brinkerhoff, with Omar Azfar -- Decentralization, authority, and local democracy / Jesse C. Ribot, Ashwini Chhatre and Tomila Lankina -- Decentralization and internal conflict / Joseph Siegle and Patrick O'Mahony -- Measuring decentralization / Kent Eaton and Larry Schroeder -- Implementing decentralization: meeting neglected challenges / Paul Smoke.

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It is increasingly difficult to find developing countries whose leaders have not debated or implemented some type of decentralization reform. But has decentralization worked? Does it actually help a country to deepen democratic governance, promote economic development, or enhance public security? Under what conditions does it justify the enthusiasm of those who have pushed so successfully for its adoption? The authors of this volume sift through the accumulating evidence to assess how well decentralization has fared. Focusing on consequences rather than causes, their goal is to inform future interventions in support of decentralized governance by showcasing some of the important trade-offs that it has generated so far.

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