Titlebook: Small Towns and Decentralisation in India; Urban Local Bodies i Rémi de Bercegol Book 2017 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s),

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Small Towns and Decentralisation in India978-81-322-2764-9Series ISSN 2367-0045 Series E-ISSN 2367-0053

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Rémi de BercegolFills a research gap in urban studies by providing insight into small town governance.Critically discusses a major governmental reform process, decentralisation, which has been launched worldwide.Prov

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2764-9Municipal management in small towns; Muslim majority towns; Poverty and economic development in small

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Book 2017on small towns in Uttar Pradesh, one of the most densely populated and poorest states in India. ..Although considered home to one of the oldest urban civilisations, India remains one of the least urbanised regions in the world. At the same time, the country has many million-strong metropolises that

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,From Local to Regional Challenges, the Political Profile of the Small Towns’ Municipal Councils, foothold in the towns via the local oligarchy that has been made legitimate by the reform. Finally, the local people have benefitted very little from this reorganisation of power, which provides them with few opportunities to participate in urban management.

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From Dependence to Artificial Autonomy: Low Financial Resources of Small Municipalities,ositioning of the municipalities within the institutional architecture that has been taking place since the 1990s. This comparative perspective thus made it possible to analyse the differences in the municipalities’ financial management and gain an understanding of their relative empowerment since implementation of the reform.

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2367-0045 ss, decentralisation, which has been launched worldwide.Prov.This book examines the impact that decentralisation reforms, initiated in the early 1990s, have had on small towns in India. It specifically focuses on small towns in Uttar Pradesh, one of the most densely populated and poorest states in I

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