The Depoliticisation of Development and the Democratisation of Politics in Tanzania: Parallel Structures as Obstacles to Delivering Services to the Poor
Journal article, Peer reviewed
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http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2474812Utgivelsesdato
2008-01-01Metadata
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in Journal of Development Studies vol.44 no.8 pp. 1122-1144 10.1080/0022038080224239610.1080/00220380802242396
Sammendrag
Local democracy and the involvement of local communities in the provision of social services are central issues in the local government reforms that are presently being implemented in many developing countries. At the same time, institutions that run parallel to local authorities, such as social funds and various user-committees, are established to improve accountability and participation. By focusing on actual political processes rather than administrative, legal, and fiscal aspects of decentralisation, this article traces the breakdown of two development projects in Tanzania to the existence of parallel structures, and suggests that user-committees and social funds should be integrated in local authority structures to avoid fragmentation of participation and to enhance local democracy.
Serie
Journal of Development Studies vol. 44 no. 8Journal of Development Studies vol. 44 no. 8