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Decentralization and citizens’ participation: Some theoretical and conceptual perspectives

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dc.creator Kessy, Ambrose
dc.date 2020-03-19T07:15:45Z
dc.date 2020-03-19T07:15:45Z
dc.date 2013
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-20T12:01:02Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-20T12:01:02Z
dc.identifier Kessy, A. (2013). Decentralization and citizen’s participation: Some theoretical and conceptual perspectives. African Review, 40(2), 215-39.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2186
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2186
dc.description Abstract. Full Text Article available at: http://tar.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/ar/article/view/177
dc.description Although the terms decentralization and citizens’ participation sound familiar to scholars and policy makers, their meanings, forms and scope are controversial in the current literature of local governance. The usage of these terms appears to be restricted to abstraction. For instance, the question of measurement has been highly contested in the literature such that any discussion concerning more power to the people and improvement of local governance is “often viewed by critics as no more than a theoretical exercise.”The critical question therefore is how to move these terms from their state of abstraction to a concrete reality. The purpose of this article is therefore to review some theoretical and conceptual issues on decentralization and citizens’ participation in order to question the often-emphasized positive relationship attached to them and their empirical application.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Taylor & Francis
dc.subject Decentralization
dc.subject Local governance
dc.subject Policy makers
dc.subject Citizens participation
dc.subject Local government
dc.subject Recentralization
dc.title Decentralization and citizens’ participation: Some theoretical and conceptual perspectives
dc.type Article


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