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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"local democracy"”.
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Out of control? : local democracy failure and fiscal control boards
… current recession has strained the finances of local governments such that many cities with already delicate budgets have plunged into fiscal crisis. This dissertation examines three causes of fiscal crisis - a local government's dependence on the market, majoritarian tyranny within federalism, …
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The pobladores and local democracy in Chile : the case of El Bosque and Peñalolén
(cont.) models of local governance, questioning blanket statements about the virtues of political decentralization. The managerial elitist" model favors individual participation and technical/centralized decision-making that precludes public deliberation. It hardly engages the pobladores' …
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South Africa's social assistance intervention as a building block of a developmental state
… opportunities and to the overall development of local democracy. Sen's capability approach and theoretical analysis of development helps to link different dimensions of poverty with human and institutional capabilities. There are five research objectives: examining whether a cash transfer has a …
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The Supper Effect: Community Engagement as a Path to School and Community Change in a Small Rural Town
… These reform efforts often overlook the local wisdom and unique needs present in the community each school serves. The United States Department of Education has endorsed school reform methods that engage schools and community in simultaneous school-community change processes, framing …
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Are Ethnically Heterogeneous Cities More Democratic? Explaining the Sub-national Component of Consociationalism in Post-Conflict Countries.
… measure, and explain patterns of subnational democracy worldwide and in developing and post-conflict countries with emphasis on the critical case of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This dissertation extends previous research on post-conflict democratization by 1) re-focusing the unit of analyses …
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Central-local government relations in Pakistan since 1979
… thesis explores the pattern of relationship of local government institutions in Pakistan with the higher level of governments, particularly with the provincial governments, under whose jurisdictional purview they fall. Pakistan is a federation where the provinces are empowered to legislate on …
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DFI Funding and Infrastructure Development: A case of the under-resourced Municipalities in South Africa
Abstract Despite powers and resources given to local authorities to deliver and manage their own resources, most municipalities still struggle to achieve their objectives as set out in the South African constitution. This research study sought to investigate and establish whether the infrastructure …
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The Representative Relationship of Local Government Councillors’ to the European Union
… the member states, has profound implications for local politics. The thesis explores how a group of councillors in England have responded to and relate to the impact of the European Union on local government in order to enhance their and their councils influence in European wide policy development …
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Infrastructure and agency : rural electric cooperatives and the fight for economic democracy in the United States
… could have constructed a vast network of local democratic institutions, but didn't. However, in the interest of understanding how electric co-ops can yet be a transformative force for communities, I also conducted case studies of three co-ops where members recently pushed for changes in …
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The role of parents and community in the education of their children in Episcopal Church schools in Yei County in the context of a ‘post-independent conflict’ South Sudan (2011-2022) with an emphasis on the issues of role, context, and policy
… should be recognised for its efforts in building local democracy and decentralisation. It shows that local communities are negotiating the changes between the strong communalism of traditional societies and the individualism characteristic of modern societies. This shift is visible in the …
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Intergovernmental relations between central government and selected local authorities in Namibia with special reference to the decentralisation process
Although decentralisation is a basic tenet of local democracy in local government operations, the central government and local authorities do not seem to adhere to basic principles that the concept seeks to promote, particularly in policy and legislation formulation on matters pertaining to local …
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The tensions between state control and local autonomy: can collaborative planning practice align local with regional strategic planning outcomes?
… explores the factors that facilitate or impede local strategic planning outcomes making their way up to, and having influence on, regional strategic plans. In particular the research investigates how collaborative planning practice can contribute to reaching agreements about alignment of local …
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Local government capacity and tourism development in Thailand.
… (TAOs) are a relatively new tier of local government in the rural areas of Thailand, and these organizations have responsibilities for tourism and rural development. They reflect an increasing emphasis in the country on decentralizing policy-making and service delivery to local …
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Towards a critical understanding of community anchors and a community sector theory and practice
… undertake a multi-purpose role across a range of local development, service provision and advocacy. The term community anchor has been/is active within policy-making, namely that of the New Labour UK Government (1997-2010) and, currently, SNP Scottish Government (2007-present). Within Scotland, …
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A legal analysis of the appointment of caretakers to act as council in terms of Zimbabwe's section 80 of the Urban councils Act
The monitoring and supervision of local government is usually done by central governments. However in some countries like South Africa where there three spheres of government the provincial executive is charged with the supervision of the local sphere of government. In Zimbabwe the monitoring and …
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Reframing citizenship by decentralizing development under India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
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Till vilken nytta? : Om det lokala politiska deltagandets karaktär, komplexitet och konsekvenser
… is promoted as a central component in a democracy. But what specifically is it that makes participation valuable and how do different forms of participation differ in regard to outcomes? A central aim of this study is to understand why different forms of participation produce different …