Social Sciences

International Conference Democratic decentralisation and people?s participation

International Conference Democratic decentralisation and people's participation

CALL FOR PAPERS

Dates: 20-23 December 2012

Venue: Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA), Thrissur, Kerala, India

Democratic decentralisation with people's participation is increasingly becoming a subject for discussion in the context of social development. The objective of the Conference is to share the experiences in democratic decentralisation and participatory planning so as to formulate a strategy for further strengthening of local governments. We welcome papers in a wide range of substantive areas, including the following:

Local Governance Local Economic Development

Devolution of Functions and Finance to Local Governments Poverty Reduction

Services of Local Governments Livelihood Management

Local Level Participatory Planning Natural Resource Management

Final date for abstract of the paper is Saturday 30th June 2012. The abstract (300-500 words) shall be in MS Word format. The abstracts will be reviewed by an academic committee and ? nal paper needs to be submitted on acceptance of abstract. The decision on abstract will be communicated before 15th July 2012. The ?nal date for

full paper is Saturday 29th September 2012. The papers may be submitted to any of the following address:

P.P. Balan, Director, KILA Sunny George, Programme Coordinator

[email protected] [email protected]

Registration Fee: for Indians Rs.2500 including boarding and lodging.

For others (boarding and lodging on payment as per requirements), for ISA member 100 U.S. dollars, for

Non-members 150 U.S. dollars, for Students 75 U.S. dollars

http://www.isa-sociology.org/pdfs/Democratic%20decentralisation.pdf

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