Deepening Democracy
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Deepening Democracy

Comparative Perspectives on Decentralization, Cooperativism and Self-Managed Development

  1. 250 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Deepening Democracy

Comparative Perspectives on Decentralization, Cooperativism and Self-Managed Development

About this book

This book examines the renewed interest and commitment that countries across the world have shown in recent decades towards adopting models of decentralising, or "downsizing" the state, and moving towards more participatory models of government.

It examines systems of decentralised development such as self-managing co-operatives from a global and comparative perspective with a focus on developing countries. Drawing on examples from Kerala and a few other states in India, as well as Cuba, Bangladesh and South Africa among other countries, the book offers critical perspectives on the positive impacts of these experiments and the promises these offer for the future. It discusses the challenges of implementing these models, how well these work in coordination with the civil society and the state, issues of transparency and democratic oversight as well as corruption and capture of power due to entrenched structures of inequality. The volume analyses welfare and development models and self-management interventionsin countering the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also looks at the meritsand demerits of decentralisation in countering the global socioeconomic and environmental crisis and the rise of authoritarian populism in many countries.

The book will be of interest to students and researchers of development studies, political science, business, community development, social justice as well as of co-operative management programmes. It will also appeal to students of political economy as well as development professionals, think tanks and policymakers.

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Yes, you can access Deepening Democracy by Joseph Tharamangalam, Jos Chathukulam, Joseph Tharamangalam,Jos Chathukulam in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Development Economics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Tables
  7. List of Contributors
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Acronyms
  11. 1 Experiments in Deepening Democracy through Decentralised Governance: An Overview
  12. PART I Concepts and Visions: Some Reflections
  13. PART II Decentralised Governance and Development in Comparative Perspective
  14. PART III Experiments in Co-operativism, Decentralised Governance and Self-Management
  15. PART IV Conclusion
  16. Index