Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Local Government

ISBN-13: 9780367273293 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 188 str.

Paul Jackson; Gareth Wall

Opis

This book provides case study, cross-case studies, practitioner reflection and conceptual material on the function of local government in the context of decentralisation in post-conflict countries, from both academics and policy-makers. The chapters were originally published in the online journal Third World Thematics.

Spis treści

1. Local government and decentralisation in post-conflict contexts Paul Jackson 2. Taking stock of Rwanda’s decentralisation: changing local governance in a post-conflict environment Benjamin Chemouni 3. Beneath the veneer: decentralisation and post-conflict reconstruction in Rwanda Niamh Gaynor 4. The role of decentralisation in post-conflict reconstruction in Sierra Leone Andrew Nickson and Joel Cutting 5. Mediating the margins: the role of brokers and the Eastern Provincial Council in Sri Lanka’s post-war transition Jonathan Goodhand, Bart Klem and Oliver Walton 6. Decentralisation, security consolidation and territorial peacebuilding: is Colombia about to close the loop? Markus Schultze-Kraft, Oscar Valencia and David Alzate 7. Educational decentralisation in post-conflict societies: approaches and constraints Giuditta Fontana 8. Local government dissolution in Karachi: chasm or catalyst? Alison Brown and Saeed Ahmed 9. Decentralisation as a post-conflict state-building strategy in Northern Ireland, Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone and Rwanda Gareth J. Wall 10. Decentralisation and local governance in post-conflict contexts: a practitioner’s perspective Shipra Narang Suri