Local Government Accountability in South Asia: The Role of Citizen Charter in Bangladesh
暫譯: 南亞地方政府問責制：公民憲章在孟加拉的角色

Panday, Pranab Kumar, Ahsan, A. H. M. Kamrul

Local Government Accountability in South Asia: The Role of Citizen Charter in Bangladesh
  • 出版商: Springer
  • 出版日期: 2026-02-10
  • 售價: $4,650
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  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 190
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 9819566304
  • ISBN-13: 9789819566303
  • 相關分類: 管理與領導 Management-leadership

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This book offers a thorough investigation of how Citizen Charters may be effective vehicles for improving accountability, transparency, and citizen engagement in local governance, focusing particularly on Bangladesh's experience within the broader South Asian context, highlighting how Citizen Charters may empower people and change local government responsiveness in developing nations. Structured across eight thematically interconnected chapters, the book starts with a solid conceptual and theoretical analysis of local government and accountability systems. It then compares implementation strategies in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan-finding insights and challenges that speak universally. It then moves on to investigate the history of Citizen Charters and the path of local government reform in Bangladesh, revealing the contextual reality, institutional constraints, and reform initiatives influencing service delivery.

The book offers insights into how Citizen Charters function in practice, what hinders their effectiveness, and how their potential might be tapped by drawing on actual case studies from Union Parishads-Bangladesh's lowest tier of rural local government. It is essential reading for scholars of public administration, governance, and development studies; legislators looking for evidence-based reform ideas; NGO workers focussing on civic involvement and accountability; and anyone curious about how grassroots tools such as Citizen Charters can support the inclusive and accountable government in the Global South.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

這本書深入探討了公民憲章如何成為改善地方治理中的問責制、透明度和公民參與的有效工具，特別聚焦於孟加拉國在更廣泛的南亞背景下的經驗，強調公民憲章如何賦權於人民並改變發展中國家的地方政府回應能力。全書由八個主題相互關聯的章節組成，首先對地方政府和問責系統進行了扎實的概念和理論分析。接著，書中比較了印度、尼泊爾、斯里蘭卡和巴基斯坦的實施策略，發現了普遍適用的見解和挑戰。然後，書中調查了公民憲章的歷史以及孟加拉國地方政府改革的進程，揭示了影響服務交付的背景現實、制度限制和改革倡議。

本書提供了公民憲章在實踐中如何運作的見解，探討了什麼因素阻礙了其有效性，以及如何通過實際案例研究來挖掘其潛力，這些案例來自於孟加拉國最低層級的鄉村地方政府——聯合村委會（Union Parishads）。這是公共行政、治理和發展研究學者的必讀書籍；尋求基於證據的改革理念的立法者；專注於公民參與和問責的非政府組織工作者；以及任何對於如何利用公民憲章等基層工具支持全球南方的包容性和問責性政府感到好奇的人。

作者簡介

Pranab Kumar Panday is Professor in the Department of Public Administration, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. He has also served as Adjunct Professor at Central Queensland University, Australia, for three years. Having taught and conducted research for over 27 years, he specialises in local government, public administration, public policy, public sector management, and gender and governance. His studies concentrate on social accountability, public involvement, and policy changes implemented in underdeveloped nations. Dr. Panday has written extensively--19 books, over 50 research papers--and has participated in more than fifty national and international consulting projects with UNDP, SDC, USAID, UN Women, and World Vision. In Bangladesh, he has undertaken pioneering studies on social accountability systems, women's political involvement, and local and urban government. Among the various research grants Dr. Panday has received are programs sponsored by the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, University of Rajshahi and foreign bodies like IDS, and AUS-AID. He has given presentations at several international conferences on public administration and local and urban government, and his work is well-known. He is also a co-author of various policy papers and academic books.

A. H. M. Kamrul Ahsan is currently Professor in the Department of Public Administration, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Having a background in public administration reforms, Dr. Ahsan emphasises citizen involvement in governance and accountability systems. Local government systems, public sector accountability, and the function of civil society organisations in governance pique his research interests. His work has resulted in several peer-reviewed publications.

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普拉納布·庫馬爾·潘達伊是孟加拉國拉傑沙希大學公共行政系的教授。他曾在澳大利亞中央昆士蘭大學擔任兼任教授三年。擁有超過27年的教學和研究經驗，他專注於地方政府、公共行政、公共政策、公共部門管理以及性別與治理。他的研究集中於社會問責制、公共參與以及在發展中國家實施的政策變革。潘達伊博士著作豐富，出版了19本書籍和超過50篇研究論文，並參與了超過五十個與聯合國開發計劃署（UNDP）、瑞士發展合作署（SDC）、美國國際開發署（USAID）、聯合國婦女署（UN Women）和世界宣明會（World Vision）合作的國內外諮詢項目。在孟加拉，他開展了關於社會問責制系統、女性政治參與以及地方和城市政府的開創性研究。潘達伊博士獲得的各種研究補助金包括由孟加拉國大學補助委員會、拉傑沙希大學及外國機構如IDS和AUS-AID贊助的計劃。他在多個國際會議上就公共行政及地方和城市政府發表過演講，其研究成果廣為人知。他也是多篇政策文件和學術書籍的共同作者。

A. H. M. 卡姆魯爾·阿哈桑目前是孟加拉國拉傑沙希大學公共行政系的教授。擁有公共行政改革的背景，阿哈桑博士強調公民在治理和問責系統中的參與。地方政府系統、公共部門問責制以及公民社會組織在治理中的作用是他的研究興趣所在。他的研究成果已發表多篇同行評審的出版物。

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