Decentralisation in India: Towards ‘Localism’ or ‘Regionalism’?

Localism and Trans-regionalism in Punjab: Inception of Muslim Modernism in Sir Fazl-i-Husain

Balancing Regionalism and Localism: How Institutions and Incentives Shape American Transportation Policy

Public policy decisions are increasingly made by regional governance efforts that involve diverse decision makers from multiple government units within a geographic region. These decision-making bodies face competing pressures to represent regional and local interests. We study how decision makers balance preferences for regionalism and localism within metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs)...

Decentralisation and decision space in the health sector, Karnataka, India

Introduction Despite long-term commitment to decentralization in India, progress towards a decentralized form of governance has been rather slow. In Karnataka, despite state compliance with decentralised governance legislation from the mid-1980s, local bodies continue to suffer from inadequate power and resources. Under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), decentralization plays an importa...

Problems and prospects of metropolitan governance in Sydney: towards ‘old’ or ‘new’ regionalism?

.............................................................................................................................. 5 INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................... 6 1. METROPOLITAN GOVERNANCE: A REVIEW OF ARGUMENTS............................ 8 1.1 The debate on metropolitan governance: three waves ...

Unity or Regionalism : The Nationalities Question