It is generally recognised that the primary role of the decentralise local
governance is to establish closer relationship between rural communities and the
governing authorities in local development. In Pakistan, the system of local
governments has always been introduced by the non-democratic forces. The
decentralised governments have often been discontinued by the civilian
governments of Pakistan.
This study has sought to examine the role of the decentralised local governance
in initiating the local community participation in local development in the province
of Sindh, Pakistan. This thesis responds the questions about the initiatives taken
by the local government authorities and the genuine local community participation
in local community development programs. It further explores the main barriers
to local public participation in the local policy making and implementation in
Sindh.
The findings suggest that the challenges to participation have been ever
increasing. The military establishment’s hold on the central state policies has
weakened the public empowering national laws. Furthermore, the local
government’s role to initiate meaningful local community involvement in
development projects of the decentralised local governance has been engrossed
by the hold of feudal lords, corruption, favouritism, and the attitude of indifference
on the part of provincial and national governments. Thus, it is argued that, in such
dominant military state and feudal lords’ system, there is no positive link between
the local government reforms and the democratic participation in the local
decision-making. Based on these findings, a realistic model for participation is
introduced and relevant implications are considered.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/19134 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Ali, Aijaz |
| Contributors | Analoui, Farhad, Arora, Rashmi |
| Publisher | University of Bradford, Peace Studies and International Development, Faculty of Management Law and Social Sciences |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, doctoral, PhD |
| Rights | <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />The University of Bradford theses are licenced under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">Creative Commons Licence</a>. |
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