This wide-ranging book sets discussion of the various approaches to local government decentralisation in the context of the changing nature of public service ma

Decentralization is sweeping the world and having dramatic and far-reaching impacts on resource management and livelihoods, particularly in forestry. This book

Over the past three decades the developing world has seen increasing devolution of political and economic power to local governments. Decentralization is consid

Can autocrats establish representative subnational governments? And which strategies of manipulation are available if they would like to reduce the uncertainty

Nearly all countries worldwide are now experimenting with decentralization. Their motivation are diverse. Many countries are decentralizing because they believe