Democracy and decentralisation: Local politics, marginalisation and political accountability in Uganda and South Africa

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 291-302

  Dauda, Carol L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decentralisation; Democracy; Local politics; Marginalisation; Participation

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; DECENTRALIZATION; DEMOCRACY; MARGINALIZATION; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL RELATIONS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 33750221682     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: 1099162X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.411     Document Type: Article

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