Strengthening local governance in Bangladesh : reforms, participation and accountability /

Strengthening local governance in Bangladesh : reforms, participation and accountability /

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Chowdhury, Shuvra, author.
Imprint:	Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2018.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Public administration, governance and globalization Public administration, governance and globalization.
Subject:	Local government -- Bangladesh -- 21st century. Public administration -- Bangladesh. Political participation -- Bangladesh. Local government. Political participation. Politics and government. Public administration. Bangladesh -- Politics and government -- 21st century. Bangladesh.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11736573

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors:	Panday, Pranab Kumar, author.
ISBN:	9783319732848 3319732846 9783319732855 3319732854 9783030103484 303010348X 9783319732831 3319732838
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Vendor-supplied metadata.
Summary:	This book explores the impact of Bangladesh's Local Government Act of 2009 on the functioning of the local governments or Union Parishads (UP), with a particular emphasis on people's participation and accountability. Throughout the chapters, the authors review the existing legal framework of UP and its relation to social accountability, examine how much of the social participation is spontaneous and how much is politically induced, question the success of the Citizen's Charter and Right to Information acts as mechanisms for social accountability, and present suggestions to remedy some of the problems facing people's participation and accountability in the UP. This book fills existing gaps in the discourse by adding new information to the literature on development research and legal reforms in Bangladesh, specifically in how those legal reforms have led to strengthening or weakening people's participation in local government. The target audience for this book are students and researchers in Asian studies, international development studies, and public administration, as well as practitioners working in the local governments discussed.
Other form:	Print version: Chowdhury, Shuvra. Strengthening local governance in Bangladesh. Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2018 3319732838 9783319732831
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-319-73284-8

Description
Summary:	This book explores the impact of Bangladesh's Local Government Act of 2009 on the functioning of the local governments or Union Parishads (UP), with a particular emphasis on people's participation and accountability. Throughout the chapters, the authors review the existing legal framework of UP and its relation to social accountability, examine how much of the social participation is spontaneous and how much is politically induced, question the success of the Citizen's Charter and Right to Information acts as mechanisms for social accountability, and present suggestions to remedy some of the problems facing people's participation and accountability in the UP. This book fills existing gaps in the discourse by adding new information to the literature on development research and legal reforms in Bangladesh, specifically in how those legal reforms have led to strengthening or weakening people's participation in local government. The target audience for this book are students and researchers in Asian studies , international development studies, and public administration, as well as practitioners working in the local governments discussed.
Physical Description:	1 online resource
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9783319732848 3319732846 9783319732855 3319732854 9783030103484 303010348X 9783319732831 3319732838