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Democratic Accountability and International Human Development - Regimes, institutions and resources (Paperback)
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Democratic Accountability and International Human Development - Regimes, institutions and resources (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies
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Scholars and policymakers have long known that there is a strong
link between human development and spending on key areas such as
education and health. However, many states still neglect these
considerations in favour of competing priorities, such as expanding
their armies. This book examines how states arrive at these
decisions, analysing how democratic accountability influences
public spending and impacts on human development. The book shows
how the broader paradigm of democratic accountability - extending
beyond political democracy to also include bureaucratic and
judicial institutions as well as taxation and other modes of
resource mobilisation - can best explain how states allocate public
resources for human development. Combining cross-country regression
analysis with exemplary case studies from Pakistan, India, Botswana
and Argentina, the book demonstrates that enhancing human
capabilities requires not only effective party competition and fair
elections, but also a particular nesting of public organisational
structures that are tied to taxpaying citizens in an undisturbed
chain of accountability. It draws out vital lessons for
institutional design and our approach to the question of human
development, particularly in the less developed states. This book
will be of great interest to postgraduate students and researchers
in the fields of political economy, public policy, governance, and
development. It also provides valuable insights for those working
in the international relations field, including inside major aid
and investment organisations.
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