Making decentralization work :  democracy, development, and security / 
edited by Ed Connerley, Kent Eaton, Paul Smoke 
 - Boulder :  Lynne Rienner Publishers,  2010 
 - viii, 263 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>Democracy, development, and security as objectives of decentralization / Kent Eaton and Ed Connerley -- The promise of decentralized democratic governance / Jonathan T. Hiskey -- Elections and the development of local democracy / Gary Bland -- Decentralization and community empowerment / Derick W. Brinkerhoff, with Omar Azfar -- Decentralization, authority, and local democracy / Jesse C. Ribot, Ashwini Chhatre and Tomila Lankina --  Decentralization and internal conflict / Joseph Siegle and Patrick O'Mahony -- Measuring decentralization / Kent Eaton and Larry Schroeder -- Implementing decentralization: meeting neglected challenges / Paul Smoke 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781588267320 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1588267326 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Decentralization in government--Developing countries
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Developing countries--Politics and government