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Title Politics of Local Self Government Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (2002-2018): A study of District Lakki Marwat

Author(s) Naveed Ali Shah

Abstract Most studies on decentralization in developing countries reveal that the failure of decentralizing was due to insufficient local government framework, ineffective implementation or capture of local government by interest groups or a combination of these factors. The result was the insufficient delivery of services at the local level and failure to strengthen grassroots democracy. We argue that unlike most developing countries, the lessons learned from the case of Pakistan demonstrates that right from the outset the purpose of decentralization was not to decentralize power and authority but to meet two prime objectives. First, strengthening of civil and military bureaucracies to establish the most centralized and coercive government structures through the political marginalization of mainstream political parties and; second to co-opt newly emerging politicians from local councils who could act as conduits between the local constituencies and military established governments

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Faculty Social Sciences

Department Pakistan Studies

Language English

Publication Date 2022-03-11

Subject Pakistan Studies

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Description The result was the insufficient delivery of services at the local level and failure to strengthen grassroots democracy. We argue that unlike most developing countries, the lessons learned from the case of Pakistan demonstrates that right from the outset the purpose of decentralization was not to decentralize power and authority but to meet two prime objectives. First, strengthening of civil and military bureaucracies to establish the most centralized and coercive government structures through the political marginalization of mainstream political parties and; second to co-opt newly emerging politicians from local councils who could act as conduits between the local constituencies and military established governments