Decentralization : the China and Indonesia experiences.

Decentralization : the China and Indonesia experiences.

In this paper, we would like to attempt to address the puzzle that if decentralization has been widely regarded as a tool to promote the democratization process in non-democratic countries and improve welfare at local level, why some of the decentralization experiences in China and Indonesia do not...

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Main Author: Quan, Quan.
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Theses and Dissertations
Published: 2008
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DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science::Political institutions
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14332
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-143322020-11-01T08:37:44Z Decentralization : the China and Indonesia experiences. Quan, Quan. S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science::Political institutions In this paper, we would like to attempt to address the puzzle that if decentralization has been widely regarded as a tool to promote the democratization process in non-democratic countries and improve welfare at local level, why some of the decentralization experiences in China and Indonesia do not seem to confirm that. Donor agencies’ push for adoption of decentralization policies in developing countries indiscriminately, which forms an important part of policies prescribed in “Washington Consensus”, seem to fall into the trap of mistaking decentralization as a political development end goal, instead of a means towards further political development. Master of Science (International Political Economy) 2008-11-13T09:17:32Z 2008-11-13T09:17:32Z 2006 2006 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14332 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf
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Decentralization : the China and Indonesia experiences.
description In this paper, we would like to attempt to address the puzzle that if decentralization has been widely regarded as a tool to promote the democratization process in non-democratic countries and improve welfare at local level, why some of the decentralization experiences in China and Indonesia do not seem to confirm that. Donor agencies’ push for adoption of decentralization policies in developing countries indiscriminately, which forms an important part of policies prescribed in “Washington Consensus”, seem to fall into the trap of mistaking decentralization as a political development end goal, instead of a means towards further political development.
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title Decentralization : the China and Indonesia experiences.
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