Local Democracy and Development: The Kerala People's Campaign for Decentralized Plannning

Richard W. Franke/ T. M. Thomas Isaac

ISBN 10: 0742516075 / ISBN 13: 9780742516076

Editore: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2002

264 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.50 inches. In Stock. Codice articolo __0742516075

Riassunto:

In this definitive history, a key figure in the People's Campaign in Kerala provides a unique insider's account of one of the world's most extensive and successful experiments in decentralization. Launched in 1996, the campaign mobilized over 3 million of Kerala's 30 million people and resulted in bottom-up development planning in all 1,052 of its villages and urban neighborhoods. The authors tell a powerful story of mass mobilization and innovation as bureaucratic opposition was overcome, corruption and cynicism were rooted out, and parliamentary democracy prevailed. Considering both the theoretical and applied significance of the campaign in the context both of India's development since independence and of recent international debates about decentralization, civil society, and empowerment, the book provides invaluable lessons for sustainable development worldwide.

Informazioni sull?autore: T. M. Thomas Isaac is a member of the Kerala State Legislative Assembly from the Mararikulam Constituency. Richard W. Franke is professor of anthropology at Montclair State University.

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Titolo: Local Democracy and Development: The Kerala ...
Casa editrice: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Data di pubblicazione: 2002
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Brand New