03770cam a2200745 4500 1863426731 TxAuBib 20250117120000.0 ||||||s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780472904754 0472904752 4ba80c45-aaba-4215-9e98-ca4cb9dee8b6 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 11436832 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Kao, Kristen. Decentralization, Local Governance, and Inequality in the Middle East and North Africa [Libby eBook]. University of Michigan Press, 2025. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. local councils: centralization. political representation. public service provision. Political participation. political transitions. Christiana Parreira. Alexandra Blackman. citizen petitions. Decentralization. Intissar Kherigi. Marika Sosnowski. local elections. Carolyn Barnett. citizen demands. Francesco Colin. representation. post-conflict. Freddy Gergis. Marwa Shalaby. Moulay Hicham. Steven Brooke. North Africa. Matt Buehler. Aytug Sasmaz. Monica Komer. Sylvia Bergh. Development. Middle East. Julia Clark. governance. Civil War. Elections. politics. Morocco. Lebanon. Welfare. Tunisia. mosques. Syria. MENA. HTML:While many scholars, policymakers, and development practitioners view decentralization as a way to increase participation, strengthen political representation, and improve social welfare, little is known about the experiences of communities in the context of decentralization – particularly in the Middle East and North Africa. This volume directs our attention toward the ways in which decentralization is "lived locally" by citizens of the MENA region, underscoring the simultaneous influences of individual-level factors (e.g., gender, education) and local context (e.g., development levels, electoral institutions) on governance processes and outcomes.<br /> <br /> A group of international scholars brings together methodologically diverse, original research in Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, and Tunisia to expand the literature on decentralization. Following a preface by Hicham Alaoui, the empirical chapters are arranged into three thematic sections. These focus on subnational variations in the relationships between central and local actors, citizen engagement with state and non-state institutions, and the extent to which representatives reflect their local communities. Together, these chapters provide important insights into governance, participation, and representation in the MENA and open new questions for furthering the study of governance and local development. Only by unpacking perspectives and governance experiences at the micro-level can we understand how decentralization policies affect citizens' everyday lives. Nonfiction. Politics. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2025-01-17 20:00:03. Lust, Ellen. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4ba80c45-aaba-4215-9e98-ca4cb9dee8b6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)