Local Government and Decentralisation in the English and French Speaking Caribbean: A Comparative Perspective

Local Government and Decentralisation in the English and French Speaking Caribbean: A Comparative Perspective

Finds that the French logic of decentralisation is diametrically opposed to that of the British local government. Discusses these 2 analogous processes for the maintenance of the power of decision on the local level. French intervention rests of a universal republican ideology and an omnipresent bur...

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Veröffentlicht in:Caribbean quarterly 1993-06, Vol.39 (2), p.14-25
1. Verfasser: Reno, Fred
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Caribbean countries
City councils
Colonies
Communes
Councils
Decentralization
Democracy
Executive committees
Governors
Local government
Public administration
Racial differences
Territories
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Zusammenfassung:Finds that the French logic of decentralisation is diametrically opposed to that of the British local government. Discusses these 2 analogous processes for the maintenance of the power of decision on the local level. French intervention rests of a universal republican ideology and an omnipresent bureaucracy, and thus is diametrically opposed to the British pattern of disengagement.
ISSN:0008-6495
2470-6302
DOI:10.1080/00086495.1993.11671780