higher popular participation and increased efficiency in public service delivery. This paper is a qualitative assessment of … the reform, putting improvements in participation and efficiency at risk and ultimately jeopardising the intended impact … on poverty. -- decentralisation ; Uganda ; poverty reduction ; participation ; efficiency …

Unconventional participation is by no means regime-threatening per se, not even in an au-thoritarian regime like China … unconventional participation and by localizing the responsibility for solving conflicts. The current leadership in Beijing has chosen … ; unconventional participation ; legitimacy ; protest events …

In Bolivia, rights to increased political participation and the recognition of indigenous political systems are …

Guaraníes' participation in Bolivia's gas sector, this study finds that competing claims regarding territory, property …, participation, and decision making provide important explanations for contestations over consultation practices and legal norms in … integrity"; (2) the state's conviction that it holds a monopoly over subsoil resources, and the limited rights to participation …