Central-Local Relations in Asia-Pacific: Convergence or Divergence?

ISBN-13: 9780333732830 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 272 str.

Mark Turner

Opis

A source of perennial tension in states is the degree to which decision making power and authority should be concentrated in central institutions and individuals. At present the conventional wisdom of central-local relations has swung in favour of decentralisation. This book investigates whether such convergence is taking place through detailed examination in Asia Pacific. The results of the survey reveal a complex picture in which divergence is still evident in the region's patterns of central-local relations.