Decentralization, Local Governance, and Inequality in the Middle East and North Africa

Kristen Kao is a Docent (Associate Professor) at the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg.Ellen Lust is Founder and Director of the Governance and Local Development Institute at the University of Gothenburg and Cornell University; Professor of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg; and Director of the Einaudi Center for International Relations, and Professor in the Department of Government and in the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy at Cornell University.

• IllustrationsTablesAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroductionDecentralization and Local Governance: Lessons from the MENA by Ellen Lust and Kristen KaoDecentralization: Design and Implementation1. Municipal Boundaries and the Politics of Space by Intissar Kherigi2. Continuities and Ruptures in Local Governance in Daraa, Syria by Marika SosnowskiParticipation3. Citizen Petitions to Moroccan Municipalities: A Case of Unequal Inclusion by Francesco Colin and Sylvia I. Bergh4. Local Elections and Service Provision Under Lebanon’s Postwar Party Cartel by Christiana Parreira5. How Gender and Local State Capacity Shape Citizens’ Use of the Mosque by Steven Brooke and Monica C. Komer6. Success Beyond Gender Quotas: Gender, Local Politics, and Clientelism in Morocco by Marwa Shalaby and Carolyn Barnett7. Local Political Priorities during Tunisia’s First Democratic Municipal Elections by Alexandra Domike Blackman, Julia Clark, and Aytug Sasmaz8. Beards, Mustaches, and Power: The Traits of Male Leadership in Morocco by Matt Buehler and Freddy GergisConclusionDecentralization in the Middle East and North Africa: Findings and Implications by Ellen Lust and Kristen KaoAppendix AAppendix BAppendix CAuthor Bios