Institutional pluralism in public administration and politics: applications in Bolivia and beyond
By: Blair, Harry.
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ArticlePublisher: 2001Description: p.119-29.Subject(s): Public administration - Bolivia | Public administration
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Public Administration and DevelopmentSummary: In their book Administrative Decentralization: Strategies for Developing Countries, John Cohen and Steven Peterson construct a model they call `institutional pluralism', which they contend is superior to more traditional modes of decentralization. It is characterized chiefly by multiple channels of service provision, thus inducing accountability into a sphere where previously there has been very little. While they restrict their analysis to the administrative realm, this article argues that the institutional pluralist model makes at least as much sense in political decentralization. Bolivia, which recently launched political reforms offering three separate structures linking citizen to state, serves as an excellent illustration of institutional pluralism in politics. This approach shows considerable promise for implementation in other settings, as can be seen in E1 Salvador, and a case can be made for its replication potential elsewhere as well. - Reproduced
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In their book Administrative Decentralization: Strategies for Developing Countries, John Cohen and Steven Peterson construct a model they call `institutional pluralism', which they contend is superior to more traditional modes of decentralization. It is characterized chiefly by multiple channels of service provision, thus inducing accountability into a sphere where previously there has been very little. While they restrict their analysis to the administrative realm, this article argues that the institutional pluralist model makes at least as much sense in political decentralization. Bolivia, which recently launched political reforms offering three separate structures linking citizen to state, serves as an excellent illustration of institutional pluralism in politics. This approach shows considerable promise for implementation in other settings, as can be seen in E1 Salvador, and a case can be made for its replication potential elsewhere as well. - Reproduced
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