Central-Local Relations in Asia-Pacific

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Central—Local Relations: Themes and Issues

   • Mark Turner

   Pages 1-18

3. Decentralization in Bangladesh: Promises, Performances and Politics

   • David Hulme, Noore Alam Siddiquee

   Pages 19-47

4. Beyond Integration? The Need to Decentralize Central—Regional/Local Relations in Indonesia

   • Rolf Gerritsen, Saut Situmorang

   Pages 48-70

5. Central—Local Relations in Thailand: Bureaucratic Centralism and Democratization

   • Wathana Wongsekiarttirat

   Pages 71-96

6. Philippines: From Centralism to Localism

   • Mark Turner

   Pages 97-122

7. Decentralization in Papua New Guinea: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

   • R. J. May

   Pages 123-148

8. Scale and Governance in the South Pacific

   • Peter Larmour

   Pages 149-165

9. Rethinking the Philosophy of Central—Local Relations in Post-Central-Planning Vietnam

   • Thaveeporn Vasavakul

   Pages 166-195

10. Central—Local Relations in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Historic Overview, Current Situation and Trends

    • Patrick Keuleers, Langsy Sibounheuang

    Pages 196-235

11. Conclusion: Learning from the Case-Studies

    • Mark Turner

    Pages 236-245

12. Back Matter

    Pages 247-250

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A source of perennial tension in states is the degree to which decision-making power and authority should be concentrated in central institutions and individuals. At present the conventional wisdom of central-local relations has swung in favour of decentralisation. This book investigates whether such convergence is taking place through detailed examination in Asia-Pacific. The results of the survey reveal a complex picture in which divergence is still evident in the region's patterns of central-local relations.

• decision-making
• democratization
• desegregation
• Governance
• Institution

• University of Canberra, Australia

  Mark Turner

ROLF GERRITSEN Professor and Director, Australian Centre for Regional and Local Government Studies, University of Canberra DAVID HULME Professor of Development Studies, Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester PATRICK KEULEERS Resident Advisor in Lao PDR on the country's Public Administration Project PETER LARMOUR Director of the Development Administration, National Centre for Development Studies, Australian National University R.J. MAY Senior Fellow, Department of Political and Social Change, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University LANGSY SIBOUNHEUANG Acting Director, Department of Public Administration in the Office of the Prime Minister of Lao PDR NOORE ALAM SIDDIQUEE Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, International Islamic University Malaysia SAUT SITUMORANG Senior Official, Indonesian Ministry of Home Affairs THAVEEPORN VASAVAKUL WATHANA WONGSEKIARTTIRAT Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Chulalongkorn University.

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