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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Local Units"”.
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The Administration of Federal Grants and Loans to Local Units of Government
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The effects of agglomeration economies on the productivity of manufacturing local units in Ireland
… economies on the productivity of manufacturing local units in Ireland. Four types of agglomeration economies are considered in this study. These are internal economies of scale, localization economies, related variety and urbanization economies. This study makes a number of contributions to the …
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Increasing Stages of Social Activism and Responsiveness to the National Agenda: How Women Experience Membership in the American Association of University Women
… study was how individuals participate in the local units of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and particularly how their participation relates to the program and policy initiatives of the national association. The purpose was to understand and describe how individuals …
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The Use of Local Photographic Material in the Development of Social Studies Units for the Intermediate Grades
… for materials to be used in carrying out local units in the social subjects fields. A second purpose was to provide for the interests that children have in other cultures, such as the study of American Indian life; of information and data concerning pioneer life, and to foster and …
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Democratic Voices Speaking Loudly: Does Public Participation Yield Accountability In Special Purpose Governments?
… of governance includes a network of state and local units identified as either general purpose or special purpose governments. The latter are often aligned with, but operate independently of, general purpose governments. Even as these special purpose or special district governments have shown …
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Decentralising forest management in India: the case of Van Panchayats in Kumaun.
… identifies the decentralisation of resources to local communities for subsistence as a national priority. This thesis explores the content and development of the consensus over decentralised forest management. My focus in this respect is on a system of common property forest management in the …
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Decentralization: a case study in state wastewater discharge permit programming
… delegation of authority to autonomous local units, would probably give superior environmental, economic, and administrative outcomes over a uniform approach.
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Law, Autonomy, and Local Government: A Legal History of Municipal Corporations in Canada West/Ontario, 1850-1880
The historiography of local government in mid-nineteenth century Canada West/Ontario is divided on the question of municipal autonomy. The more dominant thesis asserts that the Municipal Corporations (Baldwin) Act of 1849 ushered in a period of freedom for municipalities. The second depicts the Act …
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On the fringes of formality : organizational capability in street-level bureaucracies in Brazil
… outputs of front-line service delivery units (police units, schools, and innovation institutes), using this as a proxy for bureaucratic administration, which has been shown to be associated with service delivery outcomes. My research finds that there is much variation in these …