Decentralization in Uganda : explaining successes and failures in local governance / Gina M.S. Lambright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lambright, Gina M. S., 1972- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decentralization in government--Uganda.

Decentralization in government.

Local government--Uganda.

Local government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : FirstForumPress, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why do some African local governments perform well, while others fail to deliver even the most basic services to their constituents? Gina Lambright finds answers to this question in her investigation of the factors that contribute to good and those that result in ineffective institutional performance at the district level in Uganda. Examining the conditions under which local populations are able to shape the performance of their local governments, she adeptly combines quantitative analysis across 56 Ugandan district governments with in-depth case studies of Lira, Mpigi, and Bushenyi.

Contents:

""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""Abbreviations and Acronyms""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1-Exploring Decentralization in Uganda""; ""Outline of Argument: The Big Squeeze""; ""Defining Decentralization""; ""The Context: Decentralization and Institutional Performance in Uganda""; ""Organization of the Book""; ""Notes""; ""2-Local Government in Uganda""; ""Local Government in Precolonial and Colonial Uganda""; ""Local Government in Postindependence Uganda""; ""Notes""; ""3-Patterns of Local Governance""

""Institutional Performance Across Uganda�s District Councils""""Institutional Performance in Three Districts""; ""Notes""; ""4-Explaining Successes and Failures""; ""Central-Local Relations and the Performance of Local Governments""; ""Existing Explanations for Institutional Performance""; ""Testing the Argument""; ""Putting it All Together""; ""Notes""; ""5-Ministries, Mentoring, and Monitoring""; ""Roles and Responsibilities of the Center""; ""Administrative Linkages: Ministries and Local Governments""; ""Administrative Linkages: Beyond the Ministries""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""

""6-Political Support, Patronage, and Performance""""Bottom-Up Political Linkages""; ""Top-Down Political Linkages""; ""Lira: Performance in a Political Outsider""; ""Patronage and Performance""; ""Mpigi: Patronage with Dependence""; ""Bushenyi: Patronage with Power?""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""7-The Impact of Electoral Competition""; ""Local Elections in Uganda""; ""Political Competition in Three Districts""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""8-The Role of Political and Civic Participation""; ""Patterns of Participation and Civic Engagement""; ""Conditions of Influence""; ""Conclusion""

""Notes""""9-Uganda in Comparative Perspective""; ""Uganda in Comparative Perspective""; ""Conclusions and Implications""; ""Notes""; ""Appendix A: Local Government Development Program Assessment Criteria""; ""Development Planning""; ""Internal Audit and Financial Management""; ""Appendix B: Summary Statistics""; ""Appendix C: Models Without Generalized Trust""; ""Appendix D: Additional Estimates of District Council Performance""; ""Appendix E: Sample Characteristics by District""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Book""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-935049-99-2