Narrating Devolution: Politics and/as Scottish Fiction [PDF]
C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-century Writings, 2017 This article explores the tensions between the competing cultural and political narratives of devolution, anchored around James Robertson’s state- of-the-nation novel And the Land Lay Still (2010).
Scott Hames
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“The System Is the System, Isn’t It?”: The Case for a Just Devolution
Urban Planning, 2022 How do actors involved in decision-making around urban planning relate to devolution? How do they perceive external forces influencing their cities, and how can the interventions they make be better oriented towards tackling inequalities?
Liam O'Farrell, Roman Zwicky
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Preconditions and stages of devolution in the UK
Acta de Historia & Politica: Saeculum XXI, 2022 The article analyses preconditions and stages of devolution in the UK. It is shown, that the decentralization of public administration in the UK means the devolution of central government and increasing the responsibility of local government in the ...
Марина Кутепова
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Zimbabwe’s transition to a devolved system of government: Critical factors for success
Africa’s Public Service Delivery & Performance Review, 2022 Background: The national development roadmap of the Zimbabwean government emphasises devolution as a fundamental plank in alleviating poverty and regional inequalities.
Tawanda Nyikadzino +1 more
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Land, 2020 Devolution is a promising tool to enhance forest management. The literature has discussed many factors that affect the outcomes of forest devolution policies; however, insufficient attention has been paid to the role of exogenous socio-economic changes ...
Zhang Yiwen, Shashi Kant, Hexing Long
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Decentralization and Regionalization of Surgical Care as a Critical Scale-up Strategy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries; Comment on “Decentralization and Regionalization of Surgical Care: A Review of Evidence for the Optimal Distribution of Surgical Services in Low- and Middle-Income Countries” [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2021 As global attention to improve the quality, safety and access to surgical care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) increases, the need for evidence-based strategies to reliably scale-up the quality and quantity of surgical services becomes ever ...
Jaymie A. Henry
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Journal of Public Administration and Development Alternatives, 2020 In conventional participatory paradigm, it is significant to involve citizens in decision-making processes in projects that affect their lives. Citizen participation enhances transparency and legitimacy as well as accountability and responsiveness from ...
ZC Mukutshwa, EP Mutema, J Mapuva
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Modelos de organización metropolitana: las combined authorities inglesas [PDF]
Revista d'Estudis Autonòmics i Federals, 2020 La creciente urbanización del territorio y la aparición de las grandes ciudades constituyen, sin duda alguna, fenómenos de alcance global, a los que los diferentes ordenamientos jurídicos ofrecen respuestas institucionales muy distintas.
Marc Vilalta Reixach
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Labour in a “cold climate”: devolution, unionism and the Scottish Labour party
Textes & Contextes, 2023 The downward spiral of Scottish Labour’s electoral scores since the introduction of devolution to Scotland has led to a long period of soul-searching as it has questioned its organisation, ideology and identity.
Fiona Simpkins
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Assessing Devolution in the Canadian North: A Case Study of the Yukon Territory [PDF]
, 2012 Despite a rich literature on the political and constitutional development of the Canadian territorial North, few scholars have examined the post-devolution environment in Yukon.
Alcantara, Christopher +2 more
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