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Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Abstract -- References -- Chapter 2 NGOs and Their Potential in Post-colonial Societies -- Abstract -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Post-colonial Societies and NGOs -- 2.2.1 Addressing Post-colonial Complexities -- 2.3 Government-NGO Relations -- 2.3.1 Governments and NGOs: Conflicts and Collaborations -- 2.4 Policy Process and the Interactions of NGOs -- 2.4.1 NGOs as Policy Actors: Promotion of People's Participation -- 2.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 NGOs in Sri Lanka -- Abstract -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 NGOs: Conceptual Confusions -- 3.3 Growth of NGOs in Sri Lanka: Pre-colonial Times to Present Times -- 3.4 Relations Between the Sri Lankan Government and NGOs -- 3.4.1 The NGO Commission -- 3.4.2 Critiques and Counter-Criticisms -- 3.4.3 Legal Procedures -- 3.4.4 The NGO Secretariat -- 3.4.5 Significant Views -- 3.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 Local Development, People's Participation and Local Politics -- Abstract -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Current Local Governing Mechanism -- 4.3 Features of the Selected Local Government Bodies -- 4.4 Local Development, People's Participation and Local Politics: An Overview -- 4.4.1 Local Development: Different Perspectives -- 4.4.2 Encouraging People's Participation -- 4.4.3 Local Politics -- 4.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 Problems in Local Government and Possible Solutions: NGOs as a Support of Local Government -- Abstract -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Problems in Local Government: Perspectives -- 5.2.1 Powers and Functions -- 5.2.2 Funding and Staffing -- 5.2.3 Local-Level Politico-Administrative Relations -- 5.3 Possible Solutions: NGOs as a Support of Local Government -- 5.3.1 Proposals: Local Level -- 5.3.2 Proposals: National Level -- 5.4 Conclusion

Introduction : governments-in-exile and the age of democratic transitions / Yossi Shain -- Namibia : the road to independence and the problem of succession of states / Lynn Berat -- Government-in-exile versus government-in-insurgency : the case of Angola / John Marcum -- State and government in Palestinian political thought : 1918-1990 / Muhammad Muslih -- Afghanistan : political exiles in search of a state / Barnett R. Rubin -- The Khmer way of exile : lessons from three Indochinese wars / Craig Etcheson -- Loyalty and recognition under challenge : the Yugoslav case 1941-1945 / Paula Franklin Lytle -- Sovereignty without government : Baltic diplomatic and consular representation, 1940-1990 / Romuald J. Misiunas -- The government of the Spanish Republic in exile : 1939-1977 / Javier Tusell and Alicia Alted -- Exile governments in the Armenian polity / Khachig Tololyan -- The new Snow Lion : the Tibetan government-in-exile in India / Rebecca R. French -- The transcendental Irish Republic : the dream of diaspora / J. Bowyer Bell -- Governments-in-exile and international legitimation / Yossi Shain -- Governments-in-exile : notes toward a theory of formation and operation / Michael Reisman

LaPorte reviews 'Post-Suburbia: Government and Politics in the Edge Cities' by Jon C. Teaford.

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