Decentralization and citizens’ participation: Some theoretical and conceptual perspectives

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dc.creatorKessy, Ambrose
dc.date2020-03-19T07:15:45Z
dc.date2020-03-19T07:15:45Z
dc.date2013
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-20T12:01:02Z
dc.date.available2022-10-20T12:01:02Z
dc.descriptionAbstract. Full Text Article available at: http://tar.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/ar/article/view/177
dc.descriptionAlthough 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.identifierKessy, A. (2013). Decentralization and citizen’s participation: Some theoretical and conceptual perspectives. African Review, 40(2), 215-39.
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2186
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2186
dc.languageen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.subjectDecentralization
dc.subjectLocal governance
dc.subjectPolicy makers
dc.subjectCitizens participation
dc.subjectLocal government
dc.subjectRecentralization
dc.titleDecentralization and citizens’ participation: Some theoretical and conceptual perspectives
dc.typeArticle

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