Title: How does social capital enhancing institutional design foster political decentralization? : a comparative study between Bangladesh and West Bengal

Authors: Islam, Mohammad Shaiful

Place: Budapest [etc.]

Publisher: Central European university

Year: 2010

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: decentralization in government, institution building, local government, popular participation, social ethics, india, bangladesh

Abstract: The comparative constraints and facilitating factors in the cases of decentralization in West Bengal, India, and Bangladesh are explored. The paper identifies how social capital enhancing or exploiting institutional design shapes the power relations and participation.

URL: http://www.etd.ceu.hu/2010/islam_mohammad.pdf

Document type: Portal