Post-conflict reconstruction and local government
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Post-conflict reconstruction and local government
（Thirdworlds / edited by Shahid Qadir）
Routledge, 2020
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The subject of local government and post-conflict reconstruction sits at the intersection of several interrelated research areas, notably conflict/peacebuilding, governance, and political economy. This volume addresses a gap in the academic literature: whilst decentralisation is frequently included in peace agreements, the actual scope and role of local government is far less frequently discussed. This gap remains despite a considerable literature on local government in developing countries more generally, particularly with regard to decentralisation; but also, despite a considerable and growing literature on post-conflict reconstruction.
This volume provides a mixture of case study, cross-case studies, practitioner reflection, and conceptual material on the function of local government in the context of decentralisation in post-conflict countries, from both academics and policy-makers. This collection of in-depth single- and multi-country case study analysis is complemented by practitioner reflections and framed within the 2030 Agenda building on the New Urban Agenda, and particularly the Sustainable Development Goal 16 to 'promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.'
The chapters in this book were originally published in the online journal Third World Thematics.
Table of Contents
1. Local government and decentralisation in post-conflict contexts 2. Taking stock of Rwanda's decentralisation: changing local governance in a post-conflict environment 3. Beneath the veneer: decentralisation and post-conflict reconstruction in Rwanda 4. The role of decentralisation in post-conflict reconstruction in Sierra Leone 5. Mediating the margins: the role of brokers and the Eastern Provincial Council in Sri Lanka's post-war transition 6. Decentralisation, security consolidation and territorial peacebuilding: is Colombia about to close the loop? 7. Educational decentralisation in post-conflict societies: approaches and constraints 8. Local government dissolution in Karachi: chasm or catalyst? 9. Decentralisation as a post-conflict state-building strategy in Northern Ireland, Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone and Rwanda 10. Decentralisation and local governance in post-conflict contexts: a practitioner's perspective
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