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The state of access [[electronic resource] ] : success and failure of democracies to create equal opportunities / / Jorrit de Jong, Gowher Rizvi, editors
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Pubblicazione: | [Cambridge, MA], : Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University |
Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2008 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (311 p.) |
Disciplina: | 320.01/1 |
Soggetto topico: | Equality |
Democracy | |
Economic history | |
Social justice | |
Altri autori: |
JongJorrit de
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Access and the state -- The castle and the village: the many faces of limited access / Jorrit de Jong and Gowher Rizvi -- Access to political decisionmaking -- Toward participatory inclusion: a gender analysis of community forestry in South Asia / Bina Agarwal -- Access to government in Eastern Europe: environmental policymaking in Hungary / Susan Rose-Ackerman -- Access to the economy -- Economic entitlements: facilitating immigrant entrepreneurship / Jorrit de Jong and Peter Kasbergen -- Appropriate fit: service delivery beyond bureaucracy / Guy Stuart -- Access to public services -- Revenues and access to public benefits / Michael Lipsky -- Bureaucratic bias and access to public services: the fight against non-take-up / Arre Zuurmond -- Providing services to the marginalized: anatomy of an access paradox / Albert Jan Kruiter and Jorrit de Jong -- Access to accountable government -- Calling 311: citizen relationship management in Miami-Dade County / Alexander Schellong -- Demanding to be served: holding governments to account for improved access / Anwar Shah -- Access to justice -- Access to justice in the United States: narrowing the gap between principle and practice / Deborah L. Rhode -- Legal empowerment of the poor: innovating access to justice / Maaike de Langen and Maurits Barendrecht -- The access agenda -- The dynamics of access: understanding "the mismatch" / Jorrit de Jong and Gowher Rizvi. |
Sommario/riassunto: | "A comparative, cross-disciplinary exploration of the ways in which democratic institutions fail or succeed to create the equal opportunities that they have promised to deliver to the people they serve"--Provided by publisher. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The state of access ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-282-13123-0 |
9786612131233 | |
0-8157-0176-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910778025303321 |
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