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Global Union Federations and Human Rights Due Diligence: Strategic Repertoires in a Shifting Legal Terrain

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the strategic engagement of global union federations (GUFs) with emerging human rights due diligence (HRDD) legislation as a mechanism of transnational labour governance. Drawing on a multimethod qualitative design—including legal and document analysis and interviews with union officials—the study identifies six ...
Ingrid Landau   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

City financial emergencies: the intergovernmental dimension

open access: yes, 1973
The ACIR Library is composed of publications that study the interactions between different levels of government.
United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
core  

Holding Two Worlds, Keeping Art Alive: ArtVoice As a Method to Explore Indigenous Knowledges in Zenadth Kes. [PDF]

open access: yesHealth Promot J Austr
ABSTRACT Climate change is already impacting the livelihoods and lifeways of Indigenous peoples globally, including in the Zenadth Kes (Torres Strait) communities of the continent now called Australia. To date, Indigenous perspectives and Knowledges remain underexplored in public health scholarship. Few culturally grounded, place‐based methods exist to
Nona F, Wigginton B.
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Impact of Vertical Fiscal Imbalance on Gambling Policies in New South Wales, Australia: The Rise of the Poker Machine

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study traces how gambling in Australia changed from a simple form of leisure, enjoyed by all social classes in colonial times, to a billion‐dollar industry driven by political and economic imperatives. Using a case study, it links vertical fiscal imbalance (VFI), caused by changes to the state‐federal taxation structure, to the ...
Barbara Kinder, Michael B. Charles
wiley   +1 more source

The intergovernmental aspects of documentary taxes

open access: yes, 1964
The ACIR Library is composed of publications that study the interactions between different levels of government.
United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
core  

Bulgaria : Issues in Intergovernmental Relations

open access: yes, 2004
Municipalities play a large role in the Bulgarian public sector. They provide primary and secondary education. They own and operate about one-third of the hospitals in the country. Until 2003, they administered all
World Bank
core   +1 more source

Groundwater governance in the Rio Grande: Co-evolution of local and intergovernmental management

open access: yesWater Alternatives, 2018
The physical interconnection of ground and surface waters is rarely acknowledged in inter-state and international agreements over surface water. This is especially true in the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo basin, where groundwater pumping is at the heart of ...
Lucia De Stefano   +3 more
doaj  

The public agglomeration effect: Urban–rural divisions in government efficiency and political preferences

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Why and when do cities vote for the left? The emergence of the urban–rural divide in the United States in the 1930s is inconsistent with canonical theories of cleavages. This paper introduces an explanation: agglomeration effects. The provision of government services is more efficient in urban environments because of nonrivalries, economies of
Theo Serlin
wiley   +1 more source

In search of balance--Canada's intergovernmental experience

open access: yes, 1971
The ACIR Library is composed of publications that study the interactions between different levels of government.
United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
core  

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