Author: Publisher:
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Category : Democracy
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Local Democratic Renewal
Author: Renewing Local Democracy?
Author: Lawrence PratchettPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135267618
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Bringing together research on different features of the democratic renewal agenda to investigate how local authorities are responding, this text includes a contribution from the main architect of the modernization, Local Government Minister Hilary Armstrong.
Special Issue on Local Democratic Renewal
Author: Rachel AshworthRenewal in European Local Democracies
Author: Linze SchaapPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3531187635
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
This book explores the dynamics of democratic reform processes in European local government. On the basis of analyses of theoretical challenges to present developments, the book pays attention to processes of democratic innovation inspired by classical representative democracy and by new forms of democracy influenced by notions of governance, participation, e-governance, empowering civil society and the like. Also attention is given to the role of regionalization and of leader- ship in efforts to revitalize local democracy. Cases from all over Europe are being studied.
Democratic Renewal
Author: Gerry StokerReviving local democracy
Author: Rao, NirmalaPublisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 1847425143
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
Reviving local democracy offers a vivid and persuasive critical examination of New Labour's programme for the modernisation of local government, providing a balanced view of the democracy and participation debate. Since 1997, the Blair government has sought to mobilise popular participation through local referenda, new political structures, electoral reform, and the creation of powerful new elected mayors. Through these mechanisms it is hoped that the lack of public interest and persistently low election turnouts will be overcome. The book draws on a wide range of new survey data to relate the crisis of local politics and governance to wider changes in the political culture. The author goes on to evaluate the government's proposals to reverse decline, asking whether this programme of reform is likely to succeed. With the aid of a series of recent surveys of both public and councillor opinion, and the successful blending of historical and empirical analysis, she offers an assessment of the realities which the democratic renewal project will have to confront in its implementation. The book is topical and timely, and highly accessible, and will appeal to students, those involved in local government, and anyone concerned to see local government become more representative, responsive, and open to popular participation.
Deepening Local Democracy in Latin America
Author: Benjamin GoldfrankPublisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271074515
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
The resurgence of the Left in Latin America over the past decade has been so notable that it has been called “the Pink Tide.” In recent years, regimes with leftist leaders have risen to power in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Uruguay, and Venezuela. What does this trend portend for the deepening of democracy in the region? Benjamin Goldfrank has been studying the development of participatory democracy in Latin America for many years, and this book represents the culmination of his empirical investigations in Brazil, Uruguay, and Venezuela. In order to understand why participatory democracy has succeeded better in some countries than in others, he examines the efforts in urban areas that have been undertaken in the cities of Porto Alegre, Montevideo, and Caracas. His findings suggest that success is related, most crucially, to how nationally centralized political authority is and how strongly institutionalized the opposition parties are in the local arenas.
The Modernisation of Local Government and Democratic Renewal
Author: Bootstrapping Democracy
Author: Gianpaolo BaiocchiPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 080476056X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
This book investigates participatory budgeting—a mainstay now of World Bank, UNDP, and USAID development programs—to ask whether its reforms truly make a difference in deepening democracy and empowering civil society.
Democratic Renewal
Author: Kent RedfieldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Campaign funds
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
Summarizes political problems and policies, with recommendations, for five midwestern states: Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.