The Political Economy of Democratic Decentralization

by James Manor

Advocates of pluralist, competitive politics have regarded decentralization as a device for deepening democracy or for prying closed systems open and to give interest groups space in which to organize, compete and otherwise assert themselves. Some politicians in central governments see it as a means of delegating expensive tasks to others lower down. From a political economy perspective, this study examines the origins of the current wave of decentralizations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821344706
• ISBN13: 9780821344705
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"