Building Local Democracy: Evaluating the Impact of Decentralization in Kerala, India

World Development

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 626-648

  Heller, Patrick ^a   Harilal, K N ^b   Chaudhuri, Shubham ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (India)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

decentralization; democracy; India; Kerala; participation; South Asia

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; DEMOCRACY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL REFORM; POLITICAL SYSTEM; RURAL POLITICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33947114921     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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