Decentralisation and local governance in Mozambique: the challenges of promoting bottom-up dynamics from the top down

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Autor(a) principal: Maschietto, Roberta Holanda
Data de Publicação: 2016
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/36312
https://doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2016.1153306
Resumo: Since the conclusion of the peace accords in 1992, Mozambique has undergone several changes in the field of governance and institution-building. One key aspect of such reforms, strongly promoted by donors in peace-building contexts, has been the agenda of decentralisation and local governance, which has entailed political devolution in selected municipalities, and deconcentration and the creation of local councils in the rural districts. This article examines this agenda and its implementation focusing on two domains. First, it discusses the different interests that have shaped the political decisions taken on this agenda at the national level. Second, it examines the case of the local councils in the district of Angoche, critically debating the extent to which they epitomise the increase of local representativeness and, thus, whether or not they enhance bottom-up dynamics of governance. I argue that the limited effectiveness of such reforms in Mozambique reflect the inherent contradiction between the strong top-down dynamics that shape this process and the bottom-up effects that it aims to promote.
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title Decentralisation and local governance in Mozambique: the challenges of promoting bottom-up dynamics from the top down
spellingShingle Decentralisation and local governance in Mozambique: the challenges of promoting bottom-up dynamics from the top down
Maschietto, Roberta Holanda
Mozambique
Peace-building
Decentralisation
Local governance
Local councils
title_short Decentralisation and local governance in Mozambique: the challenges of promoting bottom-up dynamics from the top down
title_full Decentralisation and local governance in Mozambique: the challenges of promoting bottom-up dynamics from the top down
title_fullStr Decentralisation and local governance in Mozambique: the challenges of promoting bottom-up dynamics from the top down
title_full_unstemmed Decentralisation and local governance in Mozambique: the challenges of promoting bottom-up dynamics from the top down
title_sort Decentralisation and local governance in Mozambique: the challenges of promoting bottom-up dynamics from the top down
author Maschietto, Roberta Holanda
author_facet Maschietto, Roberta Holanda
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Maschietto, Roberta Holanda
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Mozambique
Peace-building
Decentralisation
Local governance
Local councils
topic Mozambique
Peace-building
Decentralisation
Local governance
Local councils
description Since the conclusion of the peace accords in 1992, Mozambique has undergone several changes in the field of governance and institution-building. One key aspect of such reforms, strongly promoted by donors in peace-building contexts, has been the agenda of decentralisation and local governance, which has entailed political devolution in selected municipalities, and deconcentration and the creation of local councils in the rural districts. This article examines this agenda and its implementation focusing on two domains. First, it discusses the different interests that have shaped the political decisions taken on this agenda at the national level. Second, it examines the case of the local councils in the district of Angoche, critically debating the extent to which they epitomise the increase of local representativeness and, thus, whether or not they enhance bottom-up dynamics of governance. I argue that the limited effectiveness of such reforms in Mozambique reflect the inherent contradiction between the strong top-down dynamics that shape this process and the bottom-up effects that it aims to promote.
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