01416nam a22001457a 4500 150210b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9783843389617 HF148.G45 O86 Owusu, George. Decentralization in Ghana: policy, practice and performance. / George Owusu. Berlin: Lap Lambert, 2011. 68p.: ill.; 23cm. Contents:General introduction:background and statement of the problem -- Relevance and justification -- Research objectives -- Research question -- Methodology -- Organization of the paper -- Limitations of the research -- Conceptual / analytical framework:Introduction -- Explanation of decentralization -- Theoretical benchmarks -- Practical application of the benchmarks -- Analyzing the benchmark -- Best practices -- Implementation of policy -- Political decentralization policy and practice in Ghana:introduction -- Political decentralization policy in Ghana:introduction -- Policy assessment against benchmarks -- Free, fair and regular election of councilors -- Pluralistic democracy (partisan versus nonpartisan) -- Local government autonomy verses central control -- Election verses appointment of mayors -- Civil society participation in local governance -- Practicing administrative decentralization in Ghana -- Fiscal decentralization in Ghana -- Findings, conclusions and recommendations. lcc BK 5378 12878 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 REF 2015-02-10 0 HF148.G45 O86 6685/12 2015-02-10 00:00:00 1 2015-02-10 BK