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Decentralization in Uganda : explaining successes and failures in local governance / Gina M. S. Lambright.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Boulder, Colo. : FirstForumPress, c2011.Description: xiv, 318 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781935049326 (alk. paper)
  • 1935049321 (alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Successes and failures in local governance
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 352.283096761 22 LAM
Contents:
1. Exploring Decentralization in Uganda --- 2. Local Government in Uganda --- 3. Patterns of Local Governance --- 4. Explaining Successes and Failures --- 5. Ministries, Mentoring, and Monitoring --- 6. Political Support, Patronage, and Performance --- 7. The Impact of Electoral Competition --- 8. The Role of Political and Civic Participation --- 9. Uganda in Comparative Perspective ---- Appendixes.
Summary: Why do some African local governments perform well, while others fail to deliver even the most basic services to their constituents? Gina Lambright finds answers to this question in her investigation of the factors that contribute to good and those that result in ineffective institutional performance at the district level in Uganda. Examining the conditions under which local populations are able to shape the performance of their local governments, she adeptly combines quantitative analysis across 56 Ugandan district governments with in-depth case studies of Lira, Mpigi, and Bushenyi.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-301) and index.

1. Exploring Decentralization in Uganda --- 2. Local Government in Uganda --- 3. Patterns of Local Governance --- 4. Explaining Successes and Failures --- 5. Ministries, Mentoring, and Monitoring --- 6. Political Support, Patronage, and Performance --- 7. The Impact of Electoral Competition --- 8. The Role of Political and Civic Participation --- 9. Uganda in Comparative Perspective ---- Appendixes.

Why do some African local governments perform well, while others fail to deliver even the most basic services to their constituents? Gina Lambright finds answers to this question in her investigation of the factors that contribute to good and those that result in ineffective institutional performance at the district level in Uganda. Examining the conditions under which local populations are able to shape the performance of their local governments, she adeptly combines quantitative analysis across 56 Ugandan district governments with in-depth case studies of Lira, Mpigi, and Bushenyi.

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