Empowerment through participation in local governance: the case of Union Parishad in Bangladesh
Purpose – The traditional concept of people’s participation through their representatives is changing to the mechanism of direct participation of community people in the local governing process. In coupling with these, the Constitution of Bangladesh and the local government acts guarantee to foster...
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| description | Purpose – The traditional concept of people’s participation through their representatives is changing to the mechanism of direct participation of community people in the local governing process. In coupling with these, the Constitution of Bangladesh and the local government acts guarantee to foster the direct participation of people in the formation of local bodies and development programs. The purpose of this paper is to explore the avenues of people’s participation in local government, particularly the Union Parishad (UP) in Bangladesh, and to evaluate the empowerment of marginalized community through those avenues. Design/methodology/approach – Using a broad descriptive and analytical approach, this paper evaluates the relationship between participation and empowerment of local community based on the review of secondary sources of information. Findings – The local government institutions, particularly UP, has existed many mechanisms through which people participate in decision-making process. It is also believed that participation of community people in local government institutions is not only an opportunity for them but also an apparatus of empowerment. Hence, the process of empowerment is entrenched in the notion of participation. It is evident that the people at grass root level have been participating in UP in diverse arrangements, but the effectiveness of these participations in terms of empowerment is still meager and even lack. Originality/value – Though a long time has passed after introducing these participatory mechanisms, very few studies have undertaken to assess the people’s participation in local government. Additionally, no single initiative was undertaken to assess how empowerment of marginalized people happened through these initiatives as empowering community people is the key objective of it. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-066170bb35d64460afac76311a950fad2022-12-22T03:32:50ZengEmerald PublishingPublic Administration and Policy1727-26452517-679X2019-06-01221405410.1108/PAP-10-2018-0002628418Empowerment through participation in local governance: the case of Union Parishad in BangladeshNasir Uddin0Department of Public Administration, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, BangladeshPurpose – The traditional concept of people’s participation through their representatives is changing to the mechanism of direct participation of community people in the local governing process. In coupling with these, the Constitution of Bangladesh and the local government acts guarantee to foster the direct participation of people in the formation of local bodies and development programs. The purpose of this paper is to explore the avenues of people’s participation in local government, particularly the Union Parishad (UP) in Bangladesh, and to evaluate the empowerment of marginalized community through those avenues. Design/methodology/approach – Using a broad descriptive and analytical approach, this paper evaluates the relationship between participation and empowerment of local community based on the review of secondary sources of information. Findings – The local government institutions, particularly UP, has existed many mechanisms through which people participate in decision-making process. It is also believed that participation of community people in local government institutions is not only an opportunity for them but also an apparatus of empowerment. Hence, the process of empowerment is entrenched in the notion of participation. It is evident that the people at grass root level have been participating in UP in diverse arrangements, but the effectiveness of these participations in terms of empowerment is still meager and even lack. Originality/value – Though a long time has passed after introducing these participatory mechanisms, very few studies have undertaken to assess the people’s participation in local government. Additionally, no single initiative was undertaken to assess how empowerment of marginalized people happened through these initiatives as empowering community people is the key objective of it.https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/PAP-10-2018-0002/full/pdf?title=empowerment-through-participation-in-local-governance-the-case-of-union-parishad-in-bangladeshbangladeshparticipationlocal governmentempowermentunion parishad |
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| title | Empowerment through participation in local governance: the case of Union Parishad in Bangladesh |
| title_full | Empowerment through participation in local governance: the case of Union Parishad in Bangladesh |
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| title_short | Empowerment through participation in local governance: the case of Union Parishad in Bangladesh |
| title_sort | empowerment through participation in local governance the case of union parishad in bangladesh |
| topic | bangladesh participation local government empowerment union parishad |
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