Essentially, sustainable urbanization is a political choice. Following this proposition, this pap... more Essentially, sustainable urbanization is a political choice. Following this proposition, this paper seeks to critically assess the policy-institutional framework that is established or being proposed to shape the urban agenda in the Caribbean. Locating the research activity within a sample of countries in the region, desk analysis of the policies and legislation corresponding to urbanization in these countries is undertaken, complemented by lesson-drawing from case studies of international experience to determine the efficacy of the region’s policy-institutional framework and the extent to which it mirrors international norms. Preliminary findings suggest that sustainable urbanization remains a concept in the Caribbean as policies and legislation either predate ideas of urban sustainability, or do not target sustainability challenges adequately. The paper is part of a larger research project on sustainable urbanization in the Caribbean and therefore is intended to initiate debate an...
Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide, and Regional Development
The presumption underlying current policy discourse in the Caribbean – that local government repr... more The presumption underlying current policy discourse in the Caribbean – that local government represents a “convenient” political realm for the practice of democratic governance –resurrects a long-standing debate about the proximity of local government and democracy, and highlights the difficulty facing local governments in the region to “vindicate their democratic credentials,” especially given a pervasive view that local governments are the final frontiers of populism and patronage. This chapter employs a constructivist framework to analyze the extent to which popularly elected mayor, introduced in Jamaica in 2003, achieves a balance between democratic governance, populism, and patronage. Apart from its theorized democratic role, local government performs other subsidiary but critical functions dictated by the nature of the political environment. If democratic values are to predominate, innovations such as popularly elected mayor and the process of municipalization require sustaine...
Introduction Eris Schoburgh John Martin Sonia Gatchair 1. Post-development Theory and the Local D... more Introduction Eris Schoburgh John Martin Sonia Gatchair 1. Post-development Theory and the Local Developmental State Eris Schoburgh 2. Developmental Local Government: From Concept to Praxis Eris Schoburgh Bhaskar Chakrabarti 3. The Evolving Roles and Relationships of Government in Local Economic and Sustainable Development: the case of the UK (and particularly England) Paul Hildreth 4. Local Government and Economic Development in the Australian Federation: Dispersed Efforts in a Complex Geography John Martin 5. From National to Local Economic Development (LED): The South African Case P S Reddy 6. Nigerian Local Government System and Governance: Lessons, Prospects and challenges for Post 2015 Development Goals Muhammad Kabir ISA 7. Managing Development in Local Government: Frameworks and Strategies in Jamaica Eris Schoburgh Sonia Gatchair 8. The Imperative of a Local Economic Development Approach in the Context of the Dutch Disease Roger Hosein Rebecca Gookool Akeeta Ali 9. The Making...
Contemporary policy-making and implementation processes in the Caribbean reflect a confluence of ... more Contemporary policy-making and implementation processes in the Caribbean reflect a confluence of issues that originate in two juxtaposing forces: policy and institutional transfer and policy and institutional resilience. The policy process is confounded further by ...
Undoubtedly, the concept of development defies precise definition in light of an abundance of the... more Undoubtedly, the concept of development defies precise definition in light of an abundance of theories, and its practice seems to be paradoxical in nature (Kothari and Minogue 2002; Haque 1999; Turner and Hulme 1997). For even with measured accomplishments, there is an incomprehensible increase in poverty and inequality, resulting in declining confidence in the idea of development, as well as the capacity to forecast the outcomes of current development efforts (Sachs 1992, 1999). Historical analyses indicate that at a particular juncture development is interpreted as increased prosperity determined by gross national product per capita, economic growth, industrialization and modernization. More recent interpretation bearing on economic criteria is found in the priorities of the Washington Consensus, among which are enumerated fiscal discipline, interest rate and trade liberalization, privatization and secure property rights. Contemporaneously, realization of human potential, which at...
Essentially, sustainable urbanization is a political choice. Following this proposition, this pap... more Essentially, sustainable urbanization is a political choice. Following this proposition, this paper seeks to critically assess the policy-institutional framework that is established or being proposed to shape the urban agenda in the Caribbean. Locating the research activity within a sample of countries in the region, desk analysis of the policies and legislation corresponding to urbanization in these countries is undertaken, complemented by lesson-drawing from case studies of international experience to determine the efficacy of the region’s policy-institutional framework and the extent to which it mirrors international norms. Preliminary findings suggest that sustainable urbanization remains a concept in the Caribbean as policies and legislation either predate ideas of urban sustainability, or do not target sustainability challenges adequately. The paper is part of a larger research project on sustainable urbanization in the Caribbean and therefore is intended to initiate debate an...
Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide, and Regional Development
The presumption underlying current policy discourse in the Caribbean – that local government repr... more The presumption underlying current policy discourse in the Caribbean – that local government represents a “convenient” political realm for the practice of democratic governance –resurrects a long-standing debate about the proximity of local government and democracy, and highlights the difficulty facing local governments in the region to “vindicate their democratic credentials,” especially given a pervasive view that local governments are the final frontiers of populism and patronage. This chapter employs a constructivist framework to analyze the extent to which popularly elected mayor, introduced in Jamaica in 2003, achieves a balance between democratic governance, populism, and patronage. Apart from its theorized democratic role, local government performs other subsidiary but critical functions dictated by the nature of the political environment. If democratic values are to predominate, innovations such as popularly elected mayor and the process of municipalization require sustaine...
Introduction Eris Schoburgh John Martin Sonia Gatchair 1. Post-development Theory and the Local D... more Introduction Eris Schoburgh John Martin Sonia Gatchair 1. Post-development Theory and the Local Developmental State Eris Schoburgh 2. Developmental Local Government: From Concept to Praxis Eris Schoburgh Bhaskar Chakrabarti 3. The Evolving Roles and Relationships of Government in Local Economic and Sustainable Development: the case of the UK (and particularly England) Paul Hildreth 4. Local Government and Economic Development in the Australian Federation: Dispersed Efforts in a Complex Geography John Martin 5. From National to Local Economic Development (LED): The South African Case P S Reddy 6. Nigerian Local Government System and Governance: Lessons, Prospects and challenges for Post 2015 Development Goals Muhammad Kabir ISA 7. Managing Development in Local Government: Frameworks and Strategies in Jamaica Eris Schoburgh Sonia Gatchair 8. The Imperative of a Local Economic Development Approach in the Context of the Dutch Disease Roger Hosein Rebecca Gookool Akeeta Ali 9. The Making...
Contemporary policy-making and implementation processes in the Caribbean reflect a confluence of ... more Contemporary policy-making and implementation processes in the Caribbean reflect a confluence of issues that originate in two juxtaposing forces: policy and institutional transfer and policy and institutional resilience. The policy process is confounded further by ...
Undoubtedly, the concept of development defies precise definition in light of an abundance of the... more Undoubtedly, the concept of development defies precise definition in light of an abundance of theories, and its practice seems to be paradoxical in nature (Kothari and Minogue 2002; Haque 1999; Turner and Hulme 1997). For even with measured accomplishments, there is an incomprehensible increase in poverty and inequality, resulting in declining confidence in the idea of development, as well as the capacity to forecast the outcomes of current development efforts (Sachs 1992, 1999). Historical analyses indicate that at a particular juncture development is interpreted as increased prosperity determined by gross national product per capita, economic growth, industrialization and modernization. More recent interpretation bearing on economic criteria is found in the priorities of the Washington Consensus, among which are enumerated fiscal discipline, interest rate and trade liberalization, privatization and secure property rights. Contemporaneously, realization of human potential, which at...
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