Developmental Local Governance: A Critical Discourse in ‘Alternative Development’

The primary purpose of the book is to evaluate critically the relationship between local government and national economic development.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Post-development Theory and the Local Developmental State
Chapter 2 Developmental Local Government: From Concept to Praxis
Chapter 3 The Evolving Roles and Relationships of Governmentsin Local Economic and Sustainable Development: The Case of the United Kingdom (and Particularly England)
Chapter 4 Local Government and Economic Development in the Australian Federation: Dispersed Efforts in a Complex Geography
Chapter 5 From National to Local Economic Development (LED): The South African Case
Chapter 6 Nigerian Local Government System and Governance: Lessons, Prospects and Challenges for Post-2015 Development Goals
Chapter 7 Managing Development in Local Government: Frameworks and Strategies in Jamaica
Chapter 8 The Imperative of a Local Economic Development Approach in the Context of the Dutch Disease
Chapter 9 The Making of Developmental Local Government in Belize
Chapter 10 Informality and Developmental Local Government: What Is at Stake?
Chapter 11 From Developmental Local Government to Developmental Local Governance