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Participation is a popular approach to project implementation, policy-making and governance in both developing and developed countries. Recently, however, it has become fashionable to dismiss participation as more rhetoric than substance, and subject to manipulation by those intent on pursuing their own agendas under cover of community consent. This books seeks to rebut this simplistic conclusion. It describes and analyses new experiments in participation from a wide range of situations that show how, far from being a redundant and depoliticizing concept, participation can be linked to genuine

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This book presents a socio-technical view of strategic informationsystems issues such as enterprise systems implementation andmanagement, knowledge management, customer relationship management,and e-government initiatives. It contains eight case studiesdocumenting experiences of utilizing enterprise systems ande-government initiatives in organizations and government agencies fromAsia-Pacific countries such as Australia, India, Singapore, and SouthKorea.

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The Novgorod region of Russia is a sparsely populated area about the size of Ireland better known for its medieval archaeology and folklore than for anything else. Although Novgorod began the post-Soviet period with no unusual endowment of natural or human resources, it has attracted a large amount of foreign investment. Its dramatic economic success and political innovation have impressed observers. Local governments deliver benefits and services reliably, and the regional government responds quickly to citizens' needs and demands. Something noteworthy is happening in Novgorod that does not square with familiar headlines about contemporary Russia: oligarchs and oil, ethnic tensions and corruption.Nicolai N. Petro attempts to explain the Novgorod phenomenon by seeking answers at the regional level. Novgorod is, he finds, a model of effective democratic consolidation. Petro suggests that the region owes its unexpected recent success to its political elites, who have identified key cultural symbols and used those symbols to promote democratic development. Drawing on comparisons with other regions and countries, Petro finds that these cultural tactics often yield better results than do Western-style institutions and educational training programs. "Current efforts to promote democracy focus too much on structural changes and not enough on the conditions needed to sustain them," Petro writes. "For the rule of law, free markets, and free and fair elections to gain broad public support, they must first make sense within the local cultural tradition." The unexpected success of regional democratic development in a country not known for its democratic traditions suggests that local governments can transform the burden of the past into an ally of change, a finding with implications for democratic development initiatives in other areas of the world.

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Authority --- Aristocracy (Social class) --- Autorité --- Aristocratie --- History --- Histoire --- Byzantine Empire --- Empire byzantin --- Civilization. --- Politics and government --- Civilisation --- Politique et gouvernement --- Local government --- Nobility --- Autorité --- Noble class --- Noble families --- Nobles (Social class) --- Peerage --- Upper class --- Titles of honor and nobility --- Local administration --- Township government --- Subnational governments --- Administrative and political divisions --- Decentralization in government --- Public administration --- Political science --- Authoritarianism --- Consensus (Social sciences) --- Aristocracy --- Aristocrats --- To 1500 --- Civilization --- Local government - Byzantine Empire --- Authority - History - To 1500 --- Aristocracy (Social class) - Byzantine Empire --- Nobility - Byzantine Empire --- Byzantine Empire - Politics and government - 527-1081