It is not possible to govern a modern state without extensive local government, but it is also impossible to govern it if local government is not responsive to the demands of a central power, nor answerable directly to the citizens. Local government is a public organization authorized to administer and decide a limited range of public policies pertaining to a demarcated territory within a larger and sovereign jurisdiction. The book is divided into six chapters. Chapter one provides the introduction of the research topic. Chapter two describes the concept of decentralization and a brief...