Democratization from above : the logic of local democracy in the developing world

著者

• Bohlken, Anjali Thomas

書誌事項

Democratization from above : the logic of local democracy in the developing world

Anjali Thomas Bohlken

Cambridge University Press, 2016

• : hardback

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-278) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Democratization from Above seeks to explain why some national and state governments in the developing world introduce reforms to make local governance more democratic while others neglect or actively undermine democracy at local levels of government. The study challenges conventional wisdom that local democratization is implemented as a means of granting more autonomy to local actors. Instead, Anjali Thomas Bohlken argues that local democratization offers higher level government elites who lack control over party organizational networks an alternative means of increasing the effectiveness of local intermediaries on whom these elites rely to mobilize political support. The book starts with a focus on India and uses original data, and a combination of qualitative and quantitative evidence, to show support for the argument. The study then relies on an original cross-national dataset to show how the argument helps explain the variation in the implementation of local democratization reforms across the developing world.

目次

• 1. The puzzle of 'democratization from above'
• 2. The strategic logic of local democratization
• 3. Local intermediaries, local democratization, and political party organizations in India
• 4. 'Constitutionalizing' local democracy: explaining the 1993 national constitutional amendments
• 5. Intra-party competition and local democracy in the Indian states: a statistical analysis
• 6. Intra-party competition and local governance reform in Kerala and Tamil Nadu
• 7. Local politicians as intermediaries: the effect of village-level politicians on state-level elections
• 8. The logic of local democratization across the developing world
• 9. Implications of 'democratization from above'
• 10. Data appendix: dataset on local democratization reforms in the developing world.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB20502330
• ISBN:
  • 9781107128873
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: New York, N.Y.
• ページ数/冊数: xvii, 288 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Democracy -- Developing countries
  • LCSH : Democratization -- Developing countries
  • LCSH : Local government -- Developing countries