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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"Mayors"”.
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What was the political difference made by the introduction of Executive Mayors in England?
The creation of eleven directly elected mayors in England between 2002 and 2005, as part of the Labour Government's wider local government reform, altered local governance in those localities. The 1998 White Paper Modern Local Government identified three key weaknesses in the previous local …
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Do local government-industry linkages affect air quality? : evidence from cities in China
… I rely on the administrative rotation of city mayors, which is determined by political career considerations and retirement age cut-offs but unrelated to their environmental records. These transitions act as plausibly exogenous shocks that disrupt the relationship between the local government …
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Space wars in Bogotá : the recovery of public space and its impact on street vendors
… from one of neglect by presidentially appointed mayors to an aggressive public space recuperation campaign led by Bogotá's elected mayors from 1988 to the present. Faced with the high barriers to public space recovery -- the potential loss of needed political support from vendors, the …
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Guaranteed Income as a Structural Social Work Response to Homelessness in the United States
… the United States has exploded in recent years (Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, 2022a). Between June 2021 and June 2022, the number of city mayors engaged with the group Mayors for Guaranteed Income grew from 11 to 82 (Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, 2022b) and as of Winter 2023, there were over …
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Revealed corruption and electoral accountability in Brazil: How politicians anticipate voting behavior
… strategic behavior. The first chapter shows that mayors randomly selected for auditing in the context of this program reduce public spending, particularly in highly visible budget categories, in years close to an election. I argue that this happens because mayors attempt to preserve their …
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Three essays on local government performance and political institutions in Colombia
… autonomy, especially competitive elections of mayors and councils, remains a major challenge, particularly in democracies of developing countries. How do political conditions affect the economic performance of devolved local governments? This thesis revisits the theoretical debates and provides …
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Transit planning in Curitiba and Bogotá : roles in interaction, risk, and change
… roles in special context, however. First, the mayors had a firm appreciation of planning services and understood that planners needed to interact with stakeholders and politicians. Second, the mayors were strong leaders who offered planners a benchmark from which to understand the implications …
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Substitution effect through fiscal transfers?! : incidence of the Peruvian property tax
… fiscal laziness, this investigation shows that mayors react to a whole set of incentives. Most mayors react rational and rather pragmatically in respect to the incentives and constraints which are established by the particular context of a municipality, the central government and their own …
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Immigrant Inclusion: Reframing Local Politics in Immigration Debates
… to substantive representation, that is, whether mayors from racial and ethnic minority groups are more likely to pass inclusive policy. I find that Asian, and to some extent, Latino mayors are more likely to pass these types of policies. In my second paper, I ask whether the adoption of local …
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Enduring history : the struggle to control the future of Houston's oldest African American neighborhood
… explored. For the past twenty years, developers, mayors and downtown business interests have pushed for the redevelopment of Freedmen's Town, one of the poorest and most run-down sections of the city and located in the shadow of downtown. The various strategies used by the city to stimulate and …
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Israel and the occupied territories: An analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
… The role of the P.L.O. and moderate Palestinian mayors within the occupied territories is addressed in the fourth chapter. Chapter five will consist of an examination of the current socio-economic and political conditions which exist in the West Bank and Gaza Lastly, I evaluate current policy …
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Edible Green Infrastructure in the United States: Policy at the Municipal Level
… EGI adoption in small towns. We surveyed 68 mayors of small towns (<25,000) in Virginia to study local leader perspectives regarding implementation and policy. The greatest perceived barrier to EGI adoption was long-term maintenance, whereas opportunities included civic benefits such as …
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Bourgeois Balkans: world-building in Belgrade and Sofia 1830-1912
… 1830 and 1912. In the nineteenth century, mayors, planners, doctors and intellectuals envisioned a new, urban society in which progressive social transformation could emerge through a combination of political and economic institutions based on expertise. I explore the ambitions and limits …
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Vote for the CCRB in 2025: A Data Visualization Analysis of Police Oversight Under Three Mayoral Administrations
… to inform voters about the relationship between mayors and civilian police oversight.</p>
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The unique challenges of building permanent supportive housing for female veterans : a comparative case study
In 2009, President Barack Obama and mayors around the country pledged to end veteran homelessness by 2015. Although their collaborative efforts led to a dramatic decrease in the rate of homelessness among veterans, the number of homeless female veterans peaked during the same period. The federal …
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Understanding change : public space constructin in Bogota, Colombia, the Plaza de San Victorino
… were built and implemented by different city Mayors. At present, after the initial thrill and polemics developed during the construction of the new public spaces, some of the major changes have settled. This situation makes it a good moment to develop an analysis of the performance of these …
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Case Study: Nicosia Master Plan; Cooperation in the Midst of Conflict
… Demetriades and Mustafa Akinci- the former Mayors, respectively, of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities of Nicosia. While both leaders looked forward to a common solution to the political crisis they believed that no time should be lost in dealing with the immediate problems of …
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The Power of Municipal Development Plans: An Examination of Their Relevance and Impact in Guatemala
… and a number of local participants including mayors, community leaders, representatives of community-based organizations, governmental and non-governmental organizations. This research demonstrates that municipal development plans are an effective tool for the promotion of decentralization. …
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Essays on Bureaucracy in Sub-Saharan Africa
… In particular, I show that more than 40% of mayors in Burkina Faso elected in 2016 were bureaucrats. I theorize about the causes and consequences of this phenomenon, providing descriptive evidence of these ideas when possible. In the third essay, together with Mai Hassan and Horacio Larreguy, …
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Claiming Identity through Space: LGBTQ+ Community Building via Commercial Development in West Hollywood and Palm Springs
… from economic development professionals to mayors, and case studies of a queer women-owned small business and LGBT+ senior living community. The findings underscore the subversive and politically charged origins of gayborhoods, characterized by authenticity, entrepreneurship, and …
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