Descript |
xviii, 408 p. : maps ; 24 cm. |
Contents |
Introduction: Regional policy analysis and the organizational behavior of state institutions -- Pt. I. Prelude. -- 1. Historical and political context: the Apartheid years and a democratic transition -- 2. Interim regional policy 1990-1992 -- Pt. II. Central state-regional council relations -- 3. Intergovernmental decisional dynamics -- 4. Quantity, quality, and mode of MRLGH-council contact -- 5. Regional budgeting and planning -- Pt. III. Capacity-building dynamics of the regional councils -- 6. Laying the foundation: the councils' internal aspects of capacity-building -- 7. Regional council meetings -- 8. Regional councils' interorganizational relations -- 9. Regional governors' activities -- 10. Inside the regions: state-society relations -- Pt. IV. The parliamentary connection: Namibia's regionally representative National Council -- 11. The National Council: laying the foundation -- 12. The grassroots-transmission role of the National Council -- 13. National Council-National Assembly interinstitutional relations --14. Conclusions: Namibia's regional institutions in comparative perspective --App. A. Interview and site visit methodology -- App. B. Semistructured interviews in Namibia. |
ISBN |
1580460283 (hbk) |
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9781580460286 (hbk) |
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