Deepening Democracy
Comparative Perspectives on Decentralization, Cooperativism and Self-Managed Development
$123.07
- Paperback
250 pages
- Release Date
30 December 2022
Summary
This book examines the renewed interest and commitment that countries across the world have shown in recent decades towards adopting models of decentralising, or “downsizing” the state, and moving towards more participatory models of government.
It examines systems of decentralised development such as self-managing co-operatives from a global and comparative perspective with a focus on developing countries. Drawing on examples from Kerala and a few other states in India, as well as Cu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781032132846 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1032132841 |
| Author: | Joseph Tharamangalam, Jos Chathukulam |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | Routledge India |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 250 |
| Release Date: | 30 December 2022 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 234mm |
Joseph Tharamangalam
Joseph Tharamangalam holds the Ayyankali Chair at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He is also Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Canada and Adjunct Professor of International Development Studies at St. Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada. He has published extensively on agrarian struggles, human development, decentralisation and co-operativism in India, Cuba and elsewhere.
Jos Chathukulam is former Professor of Sri. Ramakrishna Hegde Chair Professor of Decentralization and Development, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) Bengaluru, India. Currently, Chathukulam is the Director of Centre for Rural Management (CRM), Kottayam, Kerala, India. He has done extensive research on decentralisation and local governance across Indian states, Latin America and Africa. He is an expert of ‘Devolution Index’, which is used to compare the rate of decentralisation across the Indian states.
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