POAD9119 Regionalism, Decentralisation and Governance

Professor Andrew Parkin

2019

4.5

1 x 2-hour seminar weekly

POAD9116 has been successfully completed

Available by flexible delivery.

Diploma in Public Administration (online pathway); Master of Public Policy and Management

This topic is concerned with trends towards regional governance in both developing and developed countries. The topic introduces students to key formal and informal elements of regional governance and a range of experiments and movements in decentralisation (fiscal, administrative and democratic) and regionalism and critically analyses these approaches. Among others, cases from Australia, India and Indonesia are discussed.

This topic aims to develop a critical understanding of:

The main theories and issues shaping contemporary trends in decentralisation and regionalism, including debates about devolution of significant political and economic powers to lower levels of government
Different facets/dimensions of decentralisation and local governance with associated implications for local participation, accountability and responsiveness
Central-local relationships and a range of ideas that could be applied to analysing specific decentralisation programs and their impacts
The multitude of factors involved in regional governance, particularly those that have a significant bearing on policy effectiveness

Students who successfully complete this topic will be able to:

Explain the main theories and issues shaping contemporary trends in decentralisation and regionalism, including debates about devolution of significant political and economic powers to lower levels
Demonstrate sound knowledge of different facets/dimensions of decentralisation and local governance with associated implications for local participation, accountability and responsiveness
Apply analytical insights from academic literature on decentralisation and regional governance to evaluate specific decentralisation programs and their impacts
Identify and analyse a multitude of factors involved in regional governance especially those that have a significant bearing on policy effectiveness.

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