Emerging practices in intergovernmental functional assignment

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• List of figures = xii
• List of boxes = xiii
• List of tables = xiv
• Foreword = xv
• Who is the book for? = xvii
• Acknowledgements = xix
• List of abbreviations = xxii
• Introduction : who does what? The practice of functional assignment in multi-level governance = 1
• 1 The context of functional assignment - decentralization, multi-level governance and the quest for impact = 10
• 1.1 Decentralization, territorial governance and the role of the state = 10
• 1.2 Definitions and concepts of decentralization = 13
• 1.3 Why decentralize? Motives and rationale = 16
• 1.4 Outcomes and impacts of decentralization reforms = 21
• 1.5 The design of decentralization reforms = 23
• 1.6 Decentralization in Asia = 31
• 1.7 Functional assignment in the overall context of decentralization reforms = 34
• 2 Basic concepts in functional assignment = 45
• 2.1 Horizontal and vertical division of power and functions in the nation-state = 45
• 2.2 What is a governmental function? = 49
• 2.3 Definition and scope of functional assignment = 53
• 2.4 Functional assignment in unitary versus federal state structure = 55
• 2.5 Functional assignment in the decentralization reform cycle = 59
• 2.6 Functional assignment in OECD and non-OECD countries = 62
• 2.7 International cooperation and functional assignment = 63
• 3 The conceptual and legal architecture of SNG functions = 72
• 3.1 Broad theoretical currents shaping the distribution of functions in government = 72
• 3.2 The legal framework for governmental functions - the SNG law and other instruments = 74
• 3.3 Two main archetypes in the architecture of SNG functions = 85
• 3.4 Typology of governmental functions = 89
• 4 The process of functional assignment = 100
• 4.1 Step I : defining the goal and scope of functional assignment = 102
• 4.2 Step 2 : organizing for functional assignment = 104
• 4.3 Step 3 : functions mapping = 105
• 4.4 Step 4 : functions review = 112
• 4.5 Step 5 : effecting the transfer ; implementation and monitoring = 115
• 4.6 Concluding observations on the normative process of functional assignment = 121
• 5 The political economy of functional assignment = 128
• 5.1 Functional assignment as a political agenda = 129
• 5.2 Fractious central state institutions = 131
• 5.3 Unequal and tense relations between central state and SNG = 136
• 5.4 Non-state actors : their added value and access to the functional assignment process = 138
• 5.5 The role of international development partners = 141
• 5.6 Implications for practitioners = 143
• 6 Country case studies in functional assignment in Asia = 148
• 6.1 Advisory approach to support functional assignment in Cambodia (2001-2016) = 149
• 6.2 Functional assignment in Himachal Pradesh / India (2008-2009) = 160
• 6.3 Big Bang and efforts to restore order : functional assignment efforts in Indonesia (1999-2014) = 174
• 6.4 Functional assignment in the new local government system in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa / Pakistan (2013-2016) = 187
• 6.5 Summary and conclusions = 199
• 7 Functional assignment challenges and how to address them = 219
• 7.1 Why is `who does what' becoming more important? = 222
• 7.2 Functional assignment, policy diffusion and policy transfer = 228
• Index = 240