Crook, Richard Charles.

Democracy and decentralisation in South Asia and West Africa : participation, accountability, and performance / Richard C. Crook and James Manor. - Cambridge ;;New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998 - xvi, 335 p. : maps 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 320-330) and index.

This book is an in-depth empirical study of four Asian and African attempts to create democratic, decentralised local governments in the late 1980s and 1990s. The case studies of Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Karnataka (India) and Bangladesh focus upon the

0521631572 (hardback);0521636477 (pbk.); 9780521631570 ; 9780521636476


Decentralization in government;Decentralization in government;Local government;Local government;Comparative government.

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