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Developmental Local Governance: A Critical Discourse in 'Alternative Development' (International Political Economy Series)
Schoburgh, Eris D., Martin, John, Gatchair, Sonia
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Description for Developmental Local Governance: A Critical Discourse in 'Alternative Development' (International Political Economy Series)
Hardcover. The primary purpose of the book is to evaluate critically the relationship between local government and national economic development. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 225 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
The primary purpose of this edited collection is to evaluate critically the relationship between local government and national economic development. It focuses on how the relationship between local government and development is structured, and the specific institutional arrangements at national and subnational levels that might facilitate local government's assumption of the role of development agent. In light of the contradictory outcomes of development and implied experimentation with new modalities, post-development discourse provides a useful explanatory framework for the book. Schoburgh, Martin and Gatchair's central argument is that the pursuit of national developmental goals is given a sustainable foundation when development ... Read more
The primary purpose of this edited collection is to evaluate critically the relationship between local government and national economic development. It focuses on how the relationship between local government and development is structured, and the specific institutional arrangements at national and subnational levels that might facilitate local government's assumption of the role of development agent. In light of the contradictory outcomes of development and implied experimentation with new modalities, post-development discourse provides a useful explanatory framework for the book. Schoburgh, Martin and Gatchair's central argument is that the pursuit of national developmental goals is given a sustainable foundation when development ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
International Political Economy Series
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137558350
SKU
V9781137558350
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Ref
99-15
About Schoburgh, Eris D., Martin, John, Gatchair, Sonia
Eris D. Schoburgh, University of the West Indies, Jamaica John Martin, La Trobe University, Australia Sonia Gatchair, University of the West Indies, Jamaica Bhaskar Chakrabarti, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, India Paul Hildreth, Visiting Policy Fellow, University of Salford, UK P. S. Reddy, University Of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa Muhammad Kabir ISA, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria Akeeta Ali, The University of ... Read more
Reviews for Developmental Local Governance: A Critical Discourse in 'Alternative Development' (International Political Economy Series)
"The central argument of this book is that local government and politics matter if sustainable development is going to take place. The cases and analysis support that argument. It makes an important contribution that should be widely read." - Gerry Stoker, University of Canberra, Australia, and University of Southampton, UK "This publication on developmental local governance comes ... Read more