01341pab a2200157 454500 180718b1996 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Smith, B.C. Sustainable local democracy 1996 p.163-78 May To identify what is needed to sustain local democracy we need a model of democratic government and an idea of the kind of social and economic context that is supportive of democracy. Local democracy requires a combination of a liberal democratic model of local government and the prerequisites of democratic stability: economic development, equality, political culture and the development of civil society. However, a number of factors, non-local as well as local, may undermine local government and local democracy, especially centralization, economic decisions, external conflicts, dependency on civil servants, the dilution of elected representation, formalistic participation, skewed representation, class conflic t and official attitudes. However, democratic local government can contribute to economic development, the reduction of inequality, a democratic political culture and the development of civil society, thereby strengthening local democracy. - Reproduced Local government Public Administration and Development 31780 31780 31780 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 16, Issue no: 2 AR31963 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR