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1 online resource (289 pages) |
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Routledge Studies in South Asian Politics Ser |
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Routledge studies in South Asian politics.
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| Summary |
This book analyses efforts of Bangladeshi government and NGOs to strengthen local governance, and identifies the challenges posed by collaboration with NGOs. Presenting a dominantly qualitative study, the analysis explores whether engagement between the Sharique project tostrengthen local governance and the Union Parishads has translated into success. In doing so, it argues that evidence points to a positive impact on institutionalising good governance and fiscal autonomy through widening participation in planning and decision-making, reinforcing accountability of functionaries and enhancing tax collection. Furthermore, this book demonstrates that the collaboration has aided the process of development of social capital between officials of councils and NGOs, as well asamongst the community members, encouraging future partnership governance. However, with thephasing out of the project as a propelling force, it also shows that the results fall short of being sustainable and, as such, thatstatuary support, unequivocal political commitment, and incentivising engagements are required to stabilise outcomes. Bridging a gap in the Development Studies literature, this book presents new findings on the collaboration of NGOs at the local level. It will be of interest to academics working in the field of South Asian Studies, Development Studies, and Asian Politics |
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Mohammad Jahangir Hossain Mojumder, PhD, is an Assistant Professorin the Department of Political Science atChowmuhani Government SA College, Noakhali, Bangladesh. His main areas of academic interest include (local) governance, NGOs, service-delivery, women's empowerment, and remittances. Pranab Kumar Panday, PhD, is a Professorin the Department of Public Administration at the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. He was a senior Fulbright fellow at the Department of Development Sociology atCornell University, USA, in 2012. Panday's main areas of research include political participation, social movements, NGOs and civil society, governance, and gender studies |
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Print version record |
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Local government -- Bangladesh
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Non-governmental organizations -- Bangladesh
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Political participation -- Bangladesh
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Public-private sector cooperation -- Bangladesh
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Public-private sector cooperation
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Political participation
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Non-governmental organizations
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Local government
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Politics and government
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South Asia -- Politics and government
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Bangladesh -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85011527
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Bangladesh
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South Asia
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Panday, Pranab Kumar.
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| ISBN |
9781000760262 |
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100076026X |
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9780367855215 |
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0367855216 |
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9781000760620 |
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1000760626 |
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9781000760446 |
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1000760448 |
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