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100	1		_aPELLISSERY, Sony _927840
245	1	0	_aDoes multi-level governance meet local aspirations? The case of social protection needs in rural india
260			_aHong Kong : _bDepartment of Politics and Public Administration University of Hong Kong, _cJune 2006
520	3		_aThe concept of decentralisation has often been used to study whether " decision space" is devolved to the lower tiers of administration from central government. The new tool of " multi-level governance" examines the nature of " decision space" in the context of a cauldron of political voices at the local level. The decision space of the state may be constrained by the interaction of state actors with non-state actors. Taking the issue of social protection needs inthe rural areas of the Indian satate os Maharashtra, this article examines how lwer level bureaucrats determine the "need" of social protection for the claimants. Both the estate and non-satate sectors were studied through fieldwork of eight months in 2003-04 using an actor-oriented method of the sociology of development. In essence, access to public funds is conditional on people's relationships with local elites rather than their eligibility for the funds. Local elites measure the " needs" through informal rules of the community and dominate the bureaucrats in decision-making, who insist on the interpretation of legal principles at lower levels of administration. This process excludes over 60 percent of eligible persons to gain public funds. While the responsability of bureaucrats is diffused in different levels of administration, the local elites are able to draw loyalty solely for themselves. The effective devolution of political power, creating an extensive network of political elites, seems to constrain the devolved administrative power
773	0	8	_tThe Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration _g28, 1, p. 25-40 _dHong Kong : Department of Politics and Public Administration University of Hong Kong, June 2006 _xISSN 0259-8272 _w
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999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c19519 _d19519
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