Decentralisation and community participation : local development and municipal politics in Cameroon /

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This book explores how policies of decentralisation and community participation adopted in Cameroon in 1996 have played out on the ground since 2004. These reforms were carried out amid economic crisis, structural adjustment and political upheaval. At the time, popular sentiment was that change on t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gwaibi, Numvi (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Mankon, Bamenda : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, [2016]
Ã2016
Subjects:
Since 1960
Decentralization in government > Cameroon.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Decentralization in government.
Politics and government.
Cameroon > Politics and government > 1960-
Cameroun > Politique et gouvernement > 1960-
Cameroon.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / by John Sharp
  • I. Introduction and methods
  • II. Cameroon : from mandate to independence & reunification
  • III. Political transition and economic crisis : 'wind of change' but no change
  • IV. Self-reliance in Anglophone Cameroon : the Bali community water project
  • V. Land tenure and inter-community politics : the perils of municipal planning in Bali
  • VI. 'Wrath from the gods:' traditional institutions and electoral politics in Bali
  • VII. In The name of investiture : CPDM Party discipline in Mbankomo
  • VIII. Decentralisation and community participation : analysis and discussion
  • IX. Conclusion : political project and policy boomerang.

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