Administrative Decentralization : Strategies for Developing Countries

by Cohen, John M.; Peterson, Stephen B.

• ISBN13: 9781565490970
• ISBN10: 1565490975
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner Pub

Summary

This book reviews the lessons of the past four decades of administrative decentralization in transitional and developing countries. It also contains summaries and critiques of the dominant analytical framework for designing, implementing and evaluating decentralization programs built on the lessons of the past and focused on the issues confronting developing countries in the 1990s and beyond. The key thesis presented in this groundbreaking work is the concept of role and the extent to which administrative systems provide roles through either institutional monopolies or pluralism. To the extent that roles are provided pluralistically, the greater is the accountability of the administrative system. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii	(2)
Introduction	ix
1 The Evolution of Decentralization Concepts	1	(18)
2 Current Frameworks of Decentralization	19	(32)
3 Toward a New Theory of Administrative Design	51	(18)
4 Administrative Design Framework	69	(50)
5 Administrative Design Framework in Practice	119	(40)
6 Synthesis and Summary	159	(18)
Bibliography	177	(24)
Index	201