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DAILY NATION 1 NIC CHEESEMAN 1.2 HOW TO RAISE REVENUE WITHOUT UPSETTING VOTERS DAILY NATION 5 NIC CHEESEMAN & DOMINIC BURBIDGE 1.3 HOW TO ACHIEVE EFFECTIVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION DAILY N

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1 CHALLENGES TO THE EARLY STAGES OF DEVOLUTION

1.1 WHILE DEVOLUTION MAY WORK, IS IT SUSTAINABLE? (DAILY NATION) 1

NIC CHEESEMAN

1.2 HOW TO RAISE REVENUE WITHOUT UPSETTING VOTERS (DAILY NATION) 5

NIC CHEESEMAN & DOMINIC BURBIDGE

1.3 HOW TO ACHIEVE EFFECTIVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (DAILY NATION) 9

NIC CHEESEMAN, DOMINIC BURBIDGE & WILLIAM ATTWELL

3 ACADEMIC REVIEW

(JOURNAL OF MODERN AFRICAN STUDIES)

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3.2 PLUS ÇA CHANGE? COUNTY-LEVEL POLITICS IN KENYA AFTER DEVOLUTION 39

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