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Decentralization and Power Shift Volume II (2003)

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Alex B. Brillantes, Jr., Simeon A. Ilago, Eden V. Santiago and Bootes P. Esden (eds.)

Out of print


The book is accessible at the UP NCPAG Library.




Contents

Overview of Decentralization Worldwide: A Stepping Stone to Improved Governance and Human Development
Robertson Work




Local Government in Asia and the Pacific: A comparative Analysis of Fifteen Countries
Kevin Sproats

Federalism: Its Principles, Flexibility and Limitations
Celine Auclair

Overcoming the Obstacles to Decentralization in Asia
Nathaniel von Einsiedel

Women in Local Government in Asia and the Pacific: A Comparative Analysis of Thirteen Countries

Executive Summary
Jean Drage


AFRICA

Decentralization in a Unitary State: The Namibian Case
G.K. H. Totemeyer

Making Decentralization Work: Uganda Country Paper
Edward A. Mugabi

Eight Years of Decentralization in South Africa
Christina Murray and Richard Simeon

Federalism: The Future of Decentralizing States?
Alex I. Ekwueme


ASIA

Decentralization Efforts in Mongolia: A Transition Country
Biraa Chimid

The Paradox of Centralization and the Paradox of Decentralization: Institutional Impact of Central-Local Relations on Local Governance in Post-war Japan
Wataru Kitamura

Two Cases of Deflected Decentralization: Pakistan and Nepal
Paul A. Lundberg

Federalism: The Indian Experience
R.M. Kapoor

Ethnic Conflict and the Process of Decentralization and Devolution of Power in Sri Lanka
Gamini Samaranayake
 
Decentralization in Indonesia – A Measure of Innovation and Change
Siti Nurbaya and Christine Fletcher
 
Decentralization in Vietnam: Key Issues and Problem Solutions
Nguyen Manh Quan
 
Decentralization in Thailand
Woothisarn Tanchai

Assistance to Constitutional Reform Implementation Support Network: Decentralization and People’s Participation
Chartchai Na Chiangmai
 
Decentralizing the State: Key Issues and Challenges for Cambodia
Ernesto Bautista, Sak Setha and Prum Sokha
 

AUSTRALIA

The Australian Experience of Federalism: Surviving Centralization
Ross Worthington and Michael Burmeister
 
Decentralization in the Australian Federation: Political Power Plays or Creative Tension
John Martin

 
EUROPE

Federalism in Germany
Roland Roscheisen
 
Decentralization and Structural Adjustment in Hungary
Jozsef Hegedus
 

NORTH AMERICA

The State of Hawaii and Hawaiian Sovereignty
Belinda A. Aquino

Federalism and Decentralization in Canada
Richard Simeon

Municipal Reform: Strengthening Local Government in Ontario, Canada
Edward R. Sajecki

Decentralization and Local Empowerment: the Philippine Experience
Jose D. Lina, jr.

Federalization: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr.

Federalization: An Idea Whose Time Has Come!
Rey Magno Teves

Towards a Federal Republic of the Philippines with a Parliamentary Government by 2010
Jose V. Abueva

Local Capacity Building and Local Development in the Philippines: Appreciating Capacity Building for Decentralization
Austere A. Panadero
 
Decentralization and Peace and Development: The Eastern Samar Experience
Ateneo Center for Social Policy and Public Affairs
 

Other publications

2013

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Local Government in the Philippines: A Book of Readings (Vol. 4)

2007

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Fifteen Years of Decentralization in the Philippines: Lessons Learned and the Way Forward

2003

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Decentralization and Power Shift (Vol. 1)

1998

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Local Government in the Philippines: A Book of Readings (Vol. 1)

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