TY - BOOK AU - Saito, Fumihiko (Ed.) TI - Foundations for local governance: decentralization in comparative perspective SN - 9783790820058 U1 - 338.9 PY - 2008/// CY - Heidelberg PB - Physica-verlag KW - Developing countries -- Politics and government N1 - Table of Contents : Chapter 1. Decentralization and local governance : introduction and overview Chapter 2. Indonesia towards decentralization and democracy Chapter 3. Entangled democracy, decentralization and life world in Flores under global trends Chapter 4. Redesigning local governance in India : lessons from the Kerala experiment Chapter 5. Contrasting experiences of decentralization in two states in India Chapter 6. Challenges of moving into a devolved polity in Sri Lanka Chapter 7. Politics and local government in Uganda Chapter 8. Possibility of creating a deliberative solution in Uganda Chapter 9. Democratic decentralization in post-apartheid South Africa Chapter 10. The challenges of deepening democracy in post-apartheid South Africa Chapter 11. The balance sheet of decentralization in Ghana Chapter 12. Potential and limitation of local radio in information accessibility in Ghana Chapter 13. Conclusions Index ER -