This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed...

Im Verlauf des Übergangs zur Marktwirtschaft macht Polen die Erfahrung, daß der Umbau des Industriesektors eine schwierige Aufgabe ist, wie es sich bei den Staatsbetrieben und bei der Privatisierung zeigt. Das Buch versucht, die Notwendigkeit zur Strukturanpassung der polnischen Industrie...

Participation of beneficiaries in the monitoring of public services is increasingly seen as key to improving their efficiency. In India, the current government flagship program on universal primary education organizes community members, specifically locally elected leaders and parents of...

"There is a growing belief in development policy circles that participation by local communities in basic service delivery can promote development outcomes. A central plank of public policy for improving primary education services in India is the participation of village education committees...