Local Democracy and Development

The Kerala People's Campaign for Decentralized Planning

AvT. M. Thomas Isaac,Richard W. Franke

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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In this definitive history, a key figure in the People's Campaign in Kerala provides an insider's account of one of the world's most extensive and successful experiments in decentralization. Launched in 1996, the campaign mobilized over 3 million of Kerala's 30 million people and resulted in bottom-up development planning in all 1,052 of its villages and urban neighborhoods. The authors detail the background of the campaign, trace its stages, assess problems and successes, and evaluate concrete results and reforms. Local Democracy and Development tells a powerful story of mass mobilization and innovation as bureaucratic opposition was overcome, corruption and cynicism were rooted out, and parliamentary democracy prevailed. Considering both the theoretical and applied significance of the campaign both in the context of India's development since independence and of recent international debates about decentralization, civil society, and empowerment, this study provides invaluable lessons for sustainable development worldwide.

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Utgivningsdatum:2002-05-28
Mått:149 x 227 x 15 mm
Vikt:345 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
Antal sidor:264
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780742516076

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T. M. Thomas Isaac is a member of the Kerala State Legislative Assembly from the Mararikulam Constituency. Richard W. Franke is professor of anthropology at Montclair State University.

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The book provides a very good account of the process of decentralised planning in Kerala along with its theoretical underpinnings. The book should be essential reading for all those interested in decentralised planning.

Innehållsförteckning

1 Chapter 1. Decentralization, Democracy, and Development: The Kerala Experiment2 Behind the Campaign: Political Vision, Civil Society, and the Kerala Model3 Phase 1: the Grama Sabhas—Identifying Local Needs4 Phase 2: PDRs and Seminars—What Is to Be Done?5 Phase 3: Task Forces Prepare the Projects6 Phase 4: Elected Councils Formulate the Plans7 Phase 5: Planning Up Instead of Down—The Blocks and Districts8 Taking Stock: The First Year's Local Plans, 1997-19989 From People's Planning to Plan Implementation10 The Great Laboratory11 From Experiment to Institution: The Plans and the Campaign, 1998-200112 The Long March Ahead13 The Kerala Experiment in International Perspective