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100	1		_aKHAN, Shadiullah _937381
245	1	0	_aLocal governments and local elites
260			_aBirmingham : _bTaylor & Francis, _cAugust 2008
520	3		_aLocal government reform 2001 is an important part of the Government of Pakistan's programme for democratic renewal. The main feature of introducing the Local Government System was to empower the people at the grassroots level and to transfer power from the elite to the masses. This paper uses councillors' data from north-western Pakistan to examine the economic and social status of village representatives. Land ownership, high income, education and political connections increase the chances of election to public office at the district and sub-district level, but do not have much impact at the village level. There is evidence of genuine change at union (village) level as the majority of councillors (65 per cent) at this level belong to low-income group and small landowners. So the system has changed the identity of the locally politically dominant group. But, at the same time, results suggest that while local governments units are helpful in creating spaces for a broader range of non-elite community leaders to emerge, elite control of decision making is pervasive. However, it is expected that the presence of non-elite members in the councils may change the allocation of resources in favour of the disadvantaged group with the passage of time, provided elections to councils are held regularly.
773	0	8	_tLocal Government Studies _g34, 4, p. 509-528 _dBirmingham : Taylor & Francis, August 2008 _xISSN 03003930 _w
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999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c29702 _d29702
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