Title:
Fragility at the local level : challenges to building local state-citizen relations in fragile settings
Authors:
Oosterom, Marjoke
Place:
The Hague [etc.]
Publisher:
Humanist institute for co-operation with developing countries (Hivos) [etc.]
Year:
2009
Journal:
Working paper / Civic engagement in post-conflict settings project
PAGE:
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Subject:
Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
Keywords:
decentralization in government, conflict, reconstruction, democracy, local government, popular participation, civil society, governance
Abstract:
This paper reviews available literature on local democratic governance in fragile settings with an emphasis on contexts marked by protracted violent conflict. Challenges to local governance in fragile settings have dimensions of state-reconstruction, decentralization, and participatory governance.
URL:
http://www.hivos.net/content/download/25832/161375/file/Fragility_at_local_level_Working_Paper_november_2009.pdf
Document type:
Portal