The Politics and Governance of Public Services in Developing Countries

Politics and governance have become central to explanations of the widespread under-provision of public services in developing countries. Political analysis offers an understanding of what might otherwise appear to be exclusively managerial or capacity problems. The articles in this special issue of...

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Main Authors:	Batley, Richard, McCourt, Willy, Mcloughlin, Claire
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2013
Subjects:	Developing countries governance politics public service provision
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13347

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spelling	okr-10986-133472021-04-23T14:03:08Z The Politics and Governance of Public Services in Developing Countries Batley, Richard McCourt, Willy Mcloughlin, Claire Developing countries governance politics public service provision Politics and governance have become central to explanations of the widespread under-provision of public services in developing countries. Political analysis offers an understanding of what might otherwise appear to be exclusively managerial or capacity problems. The articles in this special issue of PMR contribute to three main aspects of this new literature on the political economy of service provision: how the incentives of elites are formed and affect whether, to whom and how services are provided; how top–down and bottom–up systems of accountability may act and also interact to affect incentives; and the effect of service provision on state–society relations. The analysis in this and the following articles suggests that the politics of service provision should be understood as a cycle of causation: politics affect the policy, governance and implementation of services, but in turn service provision is a theatre of politics and affects citizen formation and the development of state capacity and legitimacy. Taken as a whole, the articles suggest that a political perspective enables new insights into the causes of weak service provision, and how it can be improved. 2013-05-09T16:54:44Z 2013-05-09T16:54:44Z 2012-03-06 Journal Article Public Management Review 1471-9037 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13347 en_US Public Management Review;14(2) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Taylor and Francis Journal Article
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description	Politics and governance have become central to explanations of the widespread under-provision of public services in developing countries. Political analysis offers an understanding of what might otherwise appear to be exclusively managerial or capacity problems. The articles in this special issue of PMR contribute to three main aspects of this new literature on the political economy of service provision: how the incentives of elites are formed and affect whether, to whom and how services are provided; how top–down and bottom–up systems of accountability may act and also interact to affect incentives; and the effect of service provision on state–society relations. The analysis in this and the following articles suggests that the politics of service provision should be understood as a cycle of causation: politics affect the policy, governance and implementation of services, but in turn service provision is a theatre of politics and affects citizen formation and the development of state capacity and legitimacy. Taken as a whole, the articles suggest that a political perspective enables new insights into the causes of weak service provision, and how it can be improved.
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title	The Politics and Governance of Public Services in Developing Countries
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The Politics and Governance of Public Services in Developing Countries

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