Current Status of Democratic Decentralisation and Local Government Reforms: An African Perspective
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https://doi.org/10.53555/ssh.v3i6.316Keywords:
Democracy, Decentralisation, Local Government, Reforms, statusAbstract
Decentralisation should ideally result in democratic transfer of effective powers and control from the
state to elected local level authorities. Where this occurs, it enables resources users to actively
participate in decision-making and hold accountable those to whom decentralised powers and
democratic reforms have been transformed. At times, this democratic reforms shows resistance and
resilience of communities in the face of change but it could also be interpreted as a crisis where
communities feel they have lost control over their livelihoods. Where community collective interests are threatened, the powerful actors make adjustments, compromise and form networks and alliances aimed at fulfilling individual or collective interests. This paper focuses at the current status of democratic decentralisation and local government reforms in Africa.
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