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Lokales Regieren ¿ Innovation und Evaluation
Springer Fachmedien 2010; US$ 54.99Institutional Change and its Impact on the Poor and Excluded
ILO Publications 2006; US$ 5.00Analyses the impact of democratic decentralization on the chances of social excluded groups to participate in newly created local governance (Panchayat Rai) institutions. Discusses the results of an interview survey, finding that, in Kerala, women, lower castes and the poor are at least represented as other groups at the Panchayat level whereas in... more...
China's Local Administration
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 44.95The remarkable changes in China over the past three decades are mostly considered at the national level, whereas local government ? which has played and continues to play a key role in these developments ? is often overlooked. The themes of China?s local administrative hierarchy, and its historical evolution, have until now received scant attention;... more...
Dynamics of Local Governance in China During the Reform Era
Lexington Books 2009; US$ 84.99Since the Chinese economic reform was realized in the early 1990s, a significant revolution has been launched socially, economically, and politically in China. At present, China is an indispensable actor in the international arena, so that the transitionsdomestically bring about substantial influence on the whole world. Dynamics of Local Governance... more...
The Dynamics of Beijing-Hong Kong Relations
Hong Kong University Press 2008; US$ 50.00This book aims to achieve a breakthrough in relating the development of Hong Kong politics to the future of mainland China and Taiwan, it is for students, researchers, scholars, diplomats and lay people. more...
Tribal Science: Brains, Beliefs and Bad Ideas
University of Queensland Press 2011; US$ 12.99How do you define science? And whose theories are the right ones? Take a humorous and intriguing journey through the unchartered territory of scientific squabbles with scientist Mike McRae, Australia's next-gen Dr Karl, as he reveals arguments and accusations about who is right and who is wrong in the world of science. Over time, science has come... more...
Government of Paper
University of California Press 2012; US$ 26.95In the electronic age, documents appear to have escaped their paper confinement. But we are still surrounded by flows of paper with enormous consequences. In the planned city of Islamabad, order and disorder are produced through the ceaseless inscription and circulation of millions of paper artifacts among bureaucrats, politicians, property owners,... more...
Decentralization, Local Governance, and Social Wellbeing in India
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 145.00Over the past three decades, decentralization has been seen as the means for allowing local governments to become more accountable, and for encouraging the deepening of democracy and the building of village communities. By drawing on original village-level case studies of six villages in three different Indian states, this book presents a systematic... more...
Rural Democracy in China
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 100.00This book examines village democracy and the prospects of China's democratization. It explains how three key factors - township, economy and kinship - shape village democracy and account for rural variations. It considers the extension of village to township elections, the idea of a mixed regime and its impact on political development in China. more...
The Chinese State in Transition
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 42.95One of the more commonly and widely held beliefs outside the People?s Republic of China about the changes wrought by the reform era is that there has been no political change The attention of the outside world focuses inevitably on Beijing and national level politics. Nonetheless, it may actually be at the more local levels that changes in politics... more...









