Democratization from Above: The Logic of Local Democracy in the Developing World

ISBN: 9781107569454 出版年：2015 页码：308 Anjali Thomas Bohlken Cambridge University Press

1. The puzzle of 'democratization from above' 2. The strategic logic of local democratization 3. Local intermediaries, local democratization, and political party organizations in India 4. 'Constitutionalizing' local democracy: explaining the 1993 national constitutional amendments 5. Intra-party competition and local democracy in the Indian states: a statistical analysis 6. Intra-party competition and local governance reform in Kerala and Tamil Nadu 7. Local politicians as intermediaries: the effect of village-level politicians on state-level elections 8. The logic of local democratization across the developing world 9. Implications of 'democratization from above' 10. Data appendix: dataset on local democratization reforms in the developing world.