Planning and Decentralization: Contested Spaces for Public Action in the Global South

ISBN-13: 9780415414982 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 234 str.

Victoria A. Beard;Faranak Miraftab;Christopher Silver

Opis

The first in-depth study of the impact of economic and political decentralization on planning practice in developing economies, this innovative volume, using original case study research by leading experts drawn from diverse fields of inquiry, from planning to urban studies, geography and economics, explores the dramatic transformation that decentralization implies in responsibilities of the local planning and governance structures.

It examines a range of key issues, including:

• public and private finance
• local leadership and electoral issues
• planning in post-conflict societies.

Offering unique insights into how planning has changed in specific countries, paying particular attention to South East Asian economies, India and South Africa, this excellent volume is an invaluable resource for researchers, graduate students and planners interested in urban planning in its international political and economic context.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Situating Contested Notions of Decentralized Planning in the Global South  Part 1: Decentralization: Contexts-Outcomes  2. Decentralization and Entrepreneurial Planning  3. Decentralization, Privatization and Countervailing Popular Pressure: South African Water Commodification and Decommodification  4. Decentralized Planning and Metropolitan Growth: Poverty and Wealth in Buenos Aires Suburbs  5. New Spaces New Contests: Appropriating Decentralization for Political Change in Bolivia  Part 2: The Challenges of Fiscal and Administrative Decentralization  6. The Evolution of Subnational Development Planning Under Decentralization Reforms in Kenya and Uganda  7. Decentralization in Vietnam’s Water Sector: Community Level Privatization in the Mekong Delta  8. Decentralization and Local Democracy in Chile: Two Active Communities and Two Models of Local Governance Part 3: The Role of Non-State Participants in Decentralization  9. Community-Driven Devlopment and Elite Capture: Microcredit and Community Board Participation in Indonesia  10. University-Community Partnership: Institutionalizing Empowered and Participatory Planning in Indonesia  11. En(gendering) Effective Decentralization, the Experience of Women in Panchayati Raj in India  12. Decentralization and Social Capital in Urban Thailand 13. Decentralization and the Struggle for Participation in Local Politics and Planning: Lessons from Naga City, the Philippines  14. Conclusion: Making Sense of Decentralized Planning in the Global South