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Olowu, Dele, and James S. Wunsch. 2004. Local Governance in Africa: The Challenges of Democratic Decentralization.
Africa Today, March, 2005 by Peck, Richard
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Olowu, Dele, and James S. Wunsch. 2004. LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA: THE CHALLENGES OF DEMOCRATIC DECENTRALIZATION. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers. 310 pp. $58.00.
This book offers a refreshing change from analyses of contemporary Africa so full of the many maladies afflicting the continent. The author-editors and their contributors find ground for cautious optimism in a revival of democratic local politics. The success of democratic local governance is by no means guaranteed, of course (an early historical chapter sets out many earlier failures); however, they argue that ...
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