Moving the State: The Politics of Democratic Decentralization in Kerala, South Africa, and Porto Alegre

By P. Heller. 2001

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Subfields: Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science

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Does Decentralisation Improve Equity and Efficiency in Public Service Delivery Provision (2007, background): “Successful pro-poor decentralisation is associated with governing parties that are politically committed to the democratic empowerment of local governments (Heller 2001; Escheverri-Gent 1993).”
Decentralisation and poverty reduction in Africa: the politics of local–central relations (2003, background): “This is not in principle bad for implementing an anti-poverty programme, but the regime is not presently disposed to push funds through decentralised structures that it still fundamentally distrusts (Mokgoro, 2000; Heller, 2001).”
Does Information Lead to More Active Citizenship? Evidence from an Education Intervention in Rural Kenya (2014, background): “ Studies have also shown that such participation is associated with higher levels of service provision (e.g., Heller 2001; Bjorkman-‐Nyqvist et al.”
Social Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa: Getting the Politics Right (2012, background): “Here it is notable that the political parties which extended the social pensions in Namibia and South Africa were of the type that have been identified as more likely to be pro-poor, namely parties with strong social movement characteristics (Heller, 2001).”
The Risk of Resource Misappropriation in Community-Driven Development (2003, background): “Decentralization cannot work in a country characterized by a weak state because, “when a weak state devolves power, it is more often than not simply making accommodations with local strongmen rather than expanding democratic spaces” (Heller, 2001: 139).”
Development as institutional change: The pitfalls of monocropping and the potentials of deliberation (2004, background): “…not in the simply defined interests of either state bureaucrats or of the majnunlaila@hotmail.com - December 23, 2013 - Read articles at www.DeepDyve.com public sector unions which form the single most important base of the political party pushing the changes (Isaac 2000; Isaac and Heller 2001).”
Community Driven Development, Collective Action and Elite Capture in Indonesia (2007, background): “In addition to these claims, international development organizations and NGOs have embraced the idea that decentralization supports good governance (Heller, 2001; Nordholt, 2004).”
Participatory Development in the Presence of Endogenous Community Imperfections (2002, background): “…with village- and taluk-level committees playing a critical role [Kannan, 1988; Ramachandran, 2000; Ramanathaiyer and MacPherson, 2000; Heller, 2000, 2001].12 These achievements, together with the availability of highly developed physical and institutional infrastructures at village…”