The success and failure of democracies to create equal opportunities Jong, Jorrit de. Rizvi, Gowher. text bibliography mau Cambridge, MA Washington, D.C Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Brookings Institution Press c2008 2008 monographic eng

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xii, 298 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. "A comparative, cross-disciplinary exploration of the ways in which democratic institutions fail or succeed to create the equal opportunities that they have promised to deliver to the people they serve"--Provided by publisher. Access and the state -- The castle and the village: the many faces of limited access / Jorrit de Jong and Gowher Rizvi -- Access to political decisionmaking -- Toward participatory inclusion: a gender analysis of community forestry in South Asia / Bina Agarwal -- Access to government in Eastern Europe: environmental policymaking in Hungary / Susan Rose-Ackerman -- Access to the economy -- Economic entitlements: facilitating immigrant entrepreneurship / Jorrit de Jong and Peter Kasbergen -- Appropriate fit: service delivery beyond bureaucracy / Guy Stuart -- Access to public services -- Revenues and access to public benefits / Michael Lipsky -- Bureaucratic bias and access to public services: the fight against non-take-up / Arre Zuurmond -- Providing services to the marginalized: anatomy of an access paradox / Albert Jan Kruiter and Jorrit de Jong -- Access to accountable government -- Calling 311: citizen relationship management in Miami-Dade County / Alexander Schellong -- Demanding to be served: holding governments to account for improved access / Anwar Shah -- Access to justice -- Access to justice in the United States: narrowing the gap between principle and practice / Deborah L. Rhode -- Legal empowerment of the poor: innovating access to justice / Maaike de Langen and Maurits Barendrecht -- The access agenda -- The dynamics of access: understanding "the mismatch" / Jorrit de Jong and Gowher Rizvi. Jorrit de Jong, Gowher Rizvi, editors. Includes bibliographical references and index. Equality Democracy Economic history Social justice Social sciences 320.011 9780815775010 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0815775016 (pbk. : alk. paper) 2008038065 Ayesha Abed Library DLC 090824 19173