Table of Contents
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Introduction
The Need for this Handbook
The Aims of this Handbook
Using the Handbook
Sources and References
Chapter 1 Concepts, Challenges, and Trends
1.1 Key Concepts in Local Democracy
1.1.1 Definitions of Local Democracy
1.1.2 Direct versus Representative Democracy
1.1.3 Adversarial versus Collaborative Democracy
1.2 Challenges for Local Governance
1.2.1 Service Delivery
1.2.2 Urbanization
1.2.3 Globalization
1.2.4 Diversity
1.3 Trends in Local Governance
1.3.1 Strategic Partnering
1.3.2 Decentralization and Co-operative Governance
1.3.3 New International Norms
1.4 Sustainable Urban Development
Essay: Local Governance and Democracy in the
Twenty-first Century, Gerry Stoker
Further Reading
Chapter 2 Designing Systems for Local Democracy
Three Case Studies
2.1 National Contexts
2.2 Basic Types and Forms
2.3 Criteria for Comparison
2.4 Decentralization
2.5 Money Talks: Fiscal Policy
2.6 Linkages Across Boundaries
Case Study: Local Governance, Decentralization, and Participation in
the Philippines, Proserpina Domingo Tapales
Essay: Partnerships for Governance: Models for Workable Fiscal
Decentralization, Arno Loessner
Case Study: San Diego, California, USA and Tijuana, Mexico: Co-operation
and Democracy on the US-Mexican Border, Carlos E. Juárez
Further Reading
Chapter 3 Diversity and Democracy
3.1 Ethnically-Charged Disputes
3.2 Democracy as Conflict Management
3.2.1 Aims and Options
3.2.2 Approaches to Conflict Handling
3.3 Public Policy
Case Study: Role of Public Policy: Belfast, Jerusalem, and
Johannesburg, Scott A. Bollens
Essay: Peace Commissions for Conflict Resolution and
Reconciliation, Michael Lund
Essay: International Migration and Cities, Demetrios G. Papademetriou
Case Study: Peace-Building in Bosnia’s Ethnically Divided Cities
The Case of Gornji Vakuf, Julia Demichelis
Further Reading
Chapter 4 Enhancing Electoral Democracy
4.1 Elections: Legitimacy, Accountability, and Trust
4.2 Local Elections: Key Issues
4.2.1 The Who, What, When, and How of Local Elections
4.2.2 Advantages of Local Elections
4.3 Local Elections in Democratizing Societies
4.4 Evaluating Local Elections
4.5 Electoral Systems
4.5.1 Choosing an Electoral System
4.5.2 Principal Options
4.5.3 Special Considerations for Local Democracy
4.6 Referendums and Ballot Initiatives
4.7 Political Organizations
4.7.1 Local Party Development
4.7.2 Democracy within Parties
Essay: Local Governance in India: Empowering Women and
Minorities, Pran Chopra
Case Study: Village Elections: China’s Experiment in Rural
Self-government, Minxin Pei
Further Reading
Chapter 5 Expanding Participatory Democracy
5.1 What is Collaborative Civic Engagement?
5.1.1 The Importance of Participation
5.2 Designing a Collaborative Process
5.2.1 Setting the Agenda
5.2.2 Selecting Participants
5.2.3 Role of Public Officials
5.3 Overview of Participatory Approaches
5.3.1 A Menu of Collaborative Policy-Making Methods
5.4 Potential Problems in Collaborative Decision-Making
5.5 Evaluating Civic Engagement
5.5.1 Common Methods of Evaluation
5.5.2 Performance Evaluation
5.6 The Importance of Communication
5.7 Virtual Local Governance
Essay: Community Planning: From Conflict to Consensus, John Thompson
Case Study: Promoting Women’s Participation in
Southern Africa, Julie Ballington
Case Study: Enhanced Participation in Local Government: Lessons from
South Africa, David Storey and Dominique Wooldridge
Further Reading
Chapter 6 Promoting Local Democracy in the Twenty-first Century
6.1 Overview of the Democracy-Promotion Network
6.1.1 Purposes
6.1.2 Tasks
6.2 New Emphases on Local Democracy
6.2.1 Methods
6.2.2 Lessons Learned
6.2.3 Outlook
Annexes
Annex One: Glossary
Annex Two: Contributors
Index
