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dc.contributor.authorMalik, Nadeem*
dc.contributor.editorEade, Deborahen
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-24T10:02:54Zen
dc.date.available2011-05-24T10:02:54Zen
dc.date.issued2009-11-01en
dc.identifier.issn0961-4524en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09614520903220834en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/131054en
dc.descriptionThe 1980s saw an increasing enthusiasm for decentralisation and good governance in developing countries. Citing an ethnographic study of the office of Tehsil Mayor in Kharalpur, Pakistan, it is argued that decentralisation, instead of creating opportunities for people to engage in democratic participation and empowerment through modern local government institutions, has itself been subverted by the traditional norms and rules of patronage-based personalised governance. Modernity has not influenced tradition: rather, it is the other way around. This has further strengthened the power and prestige of the rural elite.<p>This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.</p>en
dc.format.extent12en
dc.format.mimetypePDFen
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisherOxfam GBen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.urlhttp://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/the-modern-face-of-traditional-agrarian-rule-local-government-in-pakistan-131054
dc.subjectApproach and methodology
dc.subjectGovernance and citizenship
dc.titleThe modern face of traditional agrarian rule: local government in Pakistanen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.eissn1364-9213en
dc.identifier.journalDevelopment in Practiceen
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use – can be shared outside Oxfamen
oxfam.subject.countryPakistanen
oxfam.subject.keywordDevelopment methods
oxfam.subject.keywordDevelopment in Practice Journal
oxfam.subject.keywordDiP
prism.number8en
prism.volume19en
dc.year.issuedate2009en


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