Decentralization

Measuring Regional Authority

Measuring Regional Authority: A Postfunctionalist Theory of Governance, Volume I (by Liesbet Hooghe, Gary Marks, Arjan H. Schakel, Sandra Chapman Osterkatz, Sara Niedzwiecki, and Sarah Shair-Rosenfield) is the first of five ambitious volumes theorizing the structure […]

Decentralization

Why corruption thrives at the local level

Two momentous trends have swept across the developing world from the 1980s onwards: democratization and decentralization. These twin processes have generated enormous enthusiasm both domestically and within the international community about prospects for improved governance. […]