Administrative conflict and decentralization

The case of Sri Lanka

Bibliographic Data

ID8090193
AuthorsRobert C Oberst (corresponding author), Robert Oberst
Year1986
Volume6
Issue2
Pages163-174
Publication date1986-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePublic Administration and Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0271-2075 • E-ISSN: 1099-162X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/pad.4230060205
OpenAlexW2056780373
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited9

Decentralization involves changes in administrative structures which induce conflict as vested interests are affected. Such problems have occurred in Sri Lanka. The responses of the different interests involved in development administration to decentralization are examined. A number of propositions concerning group conflict are applied to the implementation of decentralized development policies in Sri Lanka. Decentralization has restructured power among the Kachcheri officials, Members of Parliament and departmental officers. Consequent conflicts within the administration have led to increased problems in the completion of projects. Power struggles could have been avoided by synchronizing political and administrative decentralization and by making the division of power within the bureaucracy explicit

Administration (probate law · Bureaucracy · Decentralization · Economics · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Socioeconomics · Sri lanka · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · International Development and Aid · Law · Public Administration

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