Improving Local Government Outcomes of Comparative Public Administration Research

by de Vries, Michiel S.; Reddy, P. S.; Haque, M. Shamsul

• ISBN13: 9780230517523
• ISBN10: 0230517528
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book addresses the problems of local governance and development with an emphasis on local government.

Author Biography

MICHIEL DE VRIES is Chair in Public Administration, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. viii
About the Contributors	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Metropolitan Governance in Latin America	p. 9
Introduction	p. 9
Urbanization in Latin America	p. 9
Governance in Latin America	p. 11
Metropolitan areas in Central America	p. 23
Conclusion	p. 28
Notes	p. 30
Local Governance in South Asia	p. 32
Introduction	p. 32
Patterns of local government in South Asia	p. 33
Current challenges to local governance	p. 38
Possibilities for effective local governance	p. 42
Metropoles in Africa	p. 45
Introduction	p. 45
Governance and metropolis: defining the terms	p. 47
Problems and challenges of metropolitan areas	p. 48
Metropolitan government in South Africa	p. 52
Problems of metropolitan governance	p. 64
Effective decision-making and political efficacy	p. 69
Conclusion	p. 69
Notes	p. 71
Using Indigenous Knowledge	p. 72
Introduction	p. 72
Research and policy issues	p. 74
Indigenous knowledge and good governance	p. 76
Indigenous knowledge and urban governance	p. 78
The potential role of indigenous knowledge in Nigeria	p. 81
Conclusion	p. 85
The Crux of Intergovernmental Relations	p. 88
Introduction	p. 88
Conceptualizing intergovernmental relations	p. 89
A South African local government example	p. 91
Local government democratization	p. 92
Intergovernmental relations in practice	p. 94
Relationships in government: IDP as a case-scenario	p. 98
Development of intergovernmental relations	p. 104
Conclusion	p. 105
Improving Local Management	p. 107
Introduction	p. 107
Dimensions of the crucial concepts	p. 107
Effectiveness, renovation and modernization	p. 109
The need for a new governing framework	p. 121
Examples	p. 123
Policy implementation and local management	p. 128
Conclusion	p. 131
The Role of Community Leadership	p. 133
Introduction	p. 133
Leadership and changing public management	p. 133
Local government in context	p. 134
Local government and leadership	p. 136
Political leadership	p. 136
Managerial leadership	p. 138
Civil leadership	p. 142
Citizen participation and community leadership	p. 143
Conclusion	p. 147
Involving Private Enterprise in Local Development	p. 148
Introduction	p. 148
Global challenges and local responses	p. 149
The merits of public-private partnerships	p. 152
Turkey: from government to governance?	p. 158
Types and cases of private-enterprise involvement	p. 162
Factors contributing to the success of PPP	p. 166
Conclusion	p. 167
Best Practices in Local Government	p. 170
Introduction	p. 170
What is a best practice?	p. 170
Can a best practice be transferred?	p. 172
The factors approach to best practice	p. 178
Conclusions	p. 191
Notes	p. 192
Conclusion: Practical Puzzles, Theoretical Explanations	p. 193
Introduction	p. 193
Major findings on local governance	p. 194
Theoretical views on local government	p. 195
Major limits of local government theories	p. 197
The need for new theory and practice	p. 198
References	p. 200
Index	p. 220
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