Participation is a popular approach to project implementation, policy making & governance, but how susceptible to manipulation is this process? The contributors defend the principles of participation with case studies from around the world & show how it can be linked to genuinel…
The use of participatory research techniques to provide policy-makers with information about poor people's perspectives on poverty became increasingly common in the 1990s. This book focuses on the use of participatory research in poverty reduction policies and presents a series …
This book develops a conceptual map for governance partnerships and provides leading cases from different OECD countries to help practitioners plan for this form of innovation.
This title provides a comparative study of the use of partnerships and new forms of governance to achieve policy goals that promote economic and social development.
Why is dissatisfaction with local democracy endemic, despite the spread of new participatory institutions? This book argues that a key reason is the limited power of elected local officials, especially to produce the City. City Hall lacks control over key aspects of city decisio…
Politics and Conflict in Governance and Planning offers a critical evaluation of manifold ways in which the political dimension is reflected in contemporary planning and governance. While the theoretical debates on post-politics and the wider frame of post-foundational political…
Politics and Conflict in Governance and Planning offers a critical evaluation of manifold ways in which the political dimension is reflected in contemporary planning and governance. While the theoretical debates on post-politics and the wider frame of post-foundational political…
Autonomy, performance, participation : lessons from the comparative study of local public sector reforms / Christian Schwab, Geert Bouckaert and Sabine Kuhlmann -- Autonomy and austerity : re-investing in local government / Andreas Ladner -- Improving local service delivery : in…
