Provincial and local government reform in Zimbabwe

An analysis of the law, policy and practice

Tinashe C. Chigwata (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

532 Seiten

2018
Juta Legal and Academic Publishers (Verlag)
9781485127468 (ISBN)

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Zimbabwe’s Constitution of 2013 provides for multi-level government at national, provincial and local level. This book explores the nature, evolution and future of this multi-level system of government against the background of international best practices. Provincial and Local Government Reform in Zimbabwe: An analysis of the Law, Policy and Practice considers key questions about the multi-level system of government and shows how it radically differs from the old Lancaster House constitutional order. The roles that provincial and local governments as well as traditional leaders fulfil in the new order are examined, the reforms needed to implement the system are outlined, and lessons to be learnt from other countries with multi-level governments are considered. This book aims to aid the realisation of Zimbabwe’s constitutional goals of development, democracy and peace through effective multilevel governance, and contributes to the international discourse on decentralisation and the role of subnational governments in Africa.

Introduction; Designing a multi-level system of government for development, democracy and peace; Political autonomy; Fiscal and budget autonomy; Administrative autonomy; Supervision; Intergovernmental cooperation; The Zimbabwean decentralised system of government: a historical perspective; General overview of Zimbabwe; Pre-colonial system of government; Colonial system of government; The system of local government in the independence era; The nature of multi-level system of government under the 2013 Constitution; Establishment of provinces and local authorities; Provinces; Local authorities; Change of local authority status; Legal nature of provincial and metropolitan councils and local authorities; Governance structures; Provincial and metropolitan councils; Local authorities; Administrative structures of local authorities; The institution of traditional leadership; Powers and functions; Division of responsibilities across the three tiers of government; Provincial and metropolitan councils; Powers and functions of local authorities; Administrative authority of local authorities; Finance; Provincial and metropolitan councils; Local authorities; Intergovernmental grants; Supervision; Changed nature of the system of government and supervision; Supervisors; Regulation; Monitoring; Support; Intergovernmental Relations; Defining intergovernmental relations and cooperation; Background to intergovernmental relations and cooperative governance in Zimbabwe; Constitutional framework; Institutions established to foster coherent governance; Intergovernmental planning; Towards an intergovernmental relations framework for Zimbabwe; Conclusion; What is the potential of Zimbabwe’s multi-level system of government?; The strengths and weaknesses of the multi-level system of government; Towards establishing an effective system of multi-level government.

Erscheinungsdatum	26.10.2018
Verlagsort	Kenwyn
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	500 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Sachenrecht
ISBN-13	9781485127468 / 9781485127468
Zustand	Neuware