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| Initiating Devolution for Service Delivery in Pakistan |
| Ignoring the Power Structure |
| Shahrukh Rafi Khan, Foqia Sadiq Khan, and Aasim Sa |
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There would be an interest in this book in the following disciples: Political Science, Public Administration, Anthropology, Sociology, Law and Economics. The following professionals are likely to take an interest in the book: Development studies specialists; Rural development specialists; Development community including donors; Public administration specialists; Government administrators; Gender and law specialists; Local judiciary analysts and practitioners; Development sector journalists. The book would be of value to all interested in devolution or democratic decentralization, rural development, poverty alleviation, gender and development, local judiciary, and education. Given its cross-disciplinary orientation, the book would allow several disciplines indicated above to draw on it. |
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This book is about initiating devolution and demonstrates that reforms will be ineffective or subverted unless it addresses key pre-requisites. The most important pre-requisite is addressing the power structure in the context in which devolution is to be introduced. This is an important book not only because of conceptual contributions but also because the authors were actually involved in the initiation and implementation of the devolution plan in Pakistan at the highest policy level. This enabled the documentation of how and where the plan was inadequate from conception to execution. |
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Shahrukh Rafi Khan is currently Visiting Professor of Economics, Mount Holyoke College. He has a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1983. The author has published several books and refereed numerous papers in local and international journals to his credit. Aasim Akhtar: A political activist and teacher working closely with working-class movements including landless farmers, squatters, trade unions and students. Worked previously with the Sustainable Development Policy Institute and the Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre, both in Islamabad. Also convenor of the People’s Rights Movement (PRM), a political confederation of working-class movements.Write extensively for national and international magazines, newspapers and academic journals. Foqia Sadiq Khan: October 2005-Present, Part-time Teacher, Department of Politics and Economics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London;October 2003-April 2005, Visiting Research Associate, Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad;October 2000-September 2002, Research Associate, Sustainable Development Policy Institute;August 1999- October 2000, Advocacy and Research Coordinator, Sustainable Development Policy Institute;April-September 1998, Research Assistant, Sustainable Development Policy Institute;February 1997-March 1998, Assistant Editor, Sustainable Development Policy Institute;June-October 1996, Project Coordinator, Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung (FNSt), Islamabad. |
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| Hardback | 277 pages | ISBN: 9780195472219 | Price: Rs.495.00 | |
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