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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Local bureaucrats"”.
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Local Bureaucrats and Climate Change Adaptation
<p>In local communities across the United States, local government officials – specifically local bureaucrats – are faced with the realities of a changing climate which include severe storms, prolonged droughts, larger and more damaging floods, and more. Simultaneously, the issue of climate change …
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Publicity-driven accountability in China
What, if anything, renders unelected bureaucrats accountable to the public? This thesis draws upon field research on contemporary China's news media, officials, and activists to theorize the role of publicity in non-electoral accountability. "Publicity-driven accountability" argues that even in …
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Participatory autocracy : private entrepreneurs, legislatures, and property protection in China
… to advance their interests. By holding seats in local legislatures, entrepreneurs signal to local bureaucrats that they have access to higher-level government officials to report illicit predatory behavior. This signal, in turn, deters local officials from demanding bribes, ad hoc taxes, and …
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"WE THOUGHT WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING OURSELVES:" CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, SOUTHWEST DENVER AND THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM, 1964-1994
… for these social ills would come from the local residents with guidance from federal appointed technical advisers and locally elected administrative officials. According to most historians, however, citizen participation disappeared with the Johnson administration and his warriors in the …
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"WE THOUGHT WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING OURSELVES:" CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, SOUTHWEST DENVER AND THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM, 1964-1994
… for these social ills would come from the local residents with guidance from federal appointed technical advisers and locally elected administrative officials. According to most historians, however, citizen participation disappeared with the Johnson administration and his warriors in the …