Strategies of subversion in vertically-divided contexts: Decentralisation and urban service delivery in Senegal

Focusing on the case of Senegal under the former President, Abdoulaye Wade, this article examines the impact party politics has on service delivery in urban areas controlled by opposition parties. Senegal's decentralisation process provided opportunities for the central government to deliberately re...

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Main Author: Resnick, Danielle
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150213
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description Focusing on the case of Senegal under the former President, Abdoulaye Wade, this article examines the impact party politics has on service delivery in urban areas controlled by opposition parties. Senegal's decentralisation process provided opportunities for the central government to deliberately reduce the autonomy of local government under conditions in which the latter could be held accountable for good service delivery and increase autonomy when local government could be targeted for poor performance – actions manifested through backtracking on political decentralisation, undermining fiscal decentralisation, and augmenting administrative ambiguity. The case offers useful implications for donors involved in decentralisation and urban service‐delivery projects in opposition‐controlled cities.
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spelling CGSpace1502132024-10-25T07:55:09Z Strategies of subversion in vertically-divided contexts: Decentralisation and urban service delivery in Senegal Resnick, Danielle service industry urbanization decentralization political parties service life Focusing on the case of Senegal under the former President, Abdoulaye Wade, this article examines the impact party politics has on service delivery in urban areas controlled by opposition parties. Senegal's decentralisation process provided opportunities for the central government to deliberately reduce the autonomy of local government under conditions in which the latter could be held accountable for good service delivery and increase autonomy when local government could be targeted for poor performance – actions manifested through backtracking on political decentralisation, undermining fiscal decentralisation, and augmenting administrative ambiguity. The case offers useful implications for donors involved in decentralisation and urban service‐delivery projects in opposition‐controlled cities. 2014 2024-08-01T02:51:01Z 2024-08-01T02:51:01Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150213 en Open Access Wiley Resnick, Danielle. 2014. Strategies of subversion in vertically-divided contexts: Decentralisation and urban service delivery in Senegal. Development Policy Review 32(s1): s61-s80. Special Issue on Urban Governance and Service Delivery in sub-Saharan Africa. https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12069
spellingShingle service industry
urbanization
decentralization
political parties
service life
Resnick, Danielle
Strategies of subversion in vertically-divided contexts: Decentralisation and urban service delivery in Senegal
title Strategies of subversion in vertically-divided contexts: Decentralisation and urban service delivery in Senegal
title_full Strategies of subversion in vertically-divided contexts: Decentralisation and urban service delivery in Senegal
title_fullStr Strategies of subversion in vertically-divided contexts: Decentralisation and urban service delivery in Senegal
title_full_unstemmed Strategies of subversion in vertically-divided contexts: Decentralisation and urban service delivery in Senegal
title_short Strategies of subversion in vertically-divided contexts: Decentralisation and urban service delivery in Senegal
title_sort strategies of subversion in vertically divided contexts decentralisation and urban service delivery in senegal
topic service industry
urbanization
decentralization
political parties
service life
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