Chapter 1 Introduction: The New Local Politics of Democratisation

Chapter 2 Decentralisation in Indonesia: Less State, More Democracy?

Chapter 3 Bossism and Democracy in the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia: Towards an Alternative Framework for the Study of ‘Local Strongmen’

Chapter 4 Can Public Deliberation Democratise State Action?: Municipal Health Councils and Local Democracy in Brazil

Chapter 5 Historical Hurdles in the Course of the People’s Planning Campaign in Kerala, India

Chapter 6 Social Movements, Socio-economic Rights and Substantial Democratisation in South Africa

Chapter 7 More than Difficult, Short of Impossible: Party Building and Local Governance in the Philippines

Chapter 8 Trade Unions, Institutional Reform and Democracy: Nigerian Experiences with South African and Ugandan Comparisons