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Fewer, Bigger – Stronger? The Political Consequences of Local Government Mergers in Switzerland

open access: yesYearbook of Swiss Administrative Sciences, 2016
Local Government (LG) mergers are an increasingly common phenomenon, and yet surprisingly little research has looked into their political consequences. This article advances the hypothesis that where LG mergers lead to fewer but bigger entities, vertical
Sean Müller
doaj   +1 more source

Summary of actions taken by the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations

open access: yes, 1963
The ACIR Library is composed of publications that study the interactions between different levels of government.
United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
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Jurisdictional Ambiguity or Lack of Political Will? Intergovernmental Relations, Public Health, and Tuberculosis Control Among Aboriginals In Manitoba and Saskatchewan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
© IIGR, 2009This chapter uses the case of TB prevention and control as a prism through which to understand the complexity of intergovernmental relations when two policy fields -- Aboriginal policy and public health policy -- collide.
Orsini, Michael
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Intellectual Property Restitution

open access: yesThe Modern Law Review, EarlyView.
In Europe, open GLAM movements and cultural restitution reforms are overlooking a crucial aspect that should not be underestimated: what should happen to the archival materials, digital collections and intellectual property that are indelibly linked to cultural property.
Andrea Wallace, Mathilde Pavis
wiley   +1 more source

The role of federal mandates in intergovernmental relations: a preliminary ACIR report for public review and comment

open access: yes, 1996
The ACIR Library is composed of publications that study the interactions between different levels of government.
United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
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GOVERNING THE CLOUD: Infrastructural Statecraft and the Political Ecology of Digital Expansion in Oregon

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Oregon's wave of data center and semiconductor projects shows how cloud capitalism reorganizes resource systems and territorial governance. Examining Amazon, Google, and Intel, the article traces how fiscal incentives, utility programs, and land‐use instruments are recalibrated to secure hyperscale loads.
Justin Kollar
wiley   +1 more source

Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and the Soft Budget Constraint Problem

open access: yes, 2005
© 2005 IIGR, Queen’s UniversityThe soft budget constraint problem in intergovernmental fiscal relations arises when subnational governments’ spending and borrowing decisions are influenced by the expectation of receiving additional resources from the ...
Vigneault, Marianne
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URBAN CLIMATE GOVERNANCE AND THE UNEVENNESS OF CITY NETWORKS: The Trajectory and Perspectives of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy in Chile

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Scholars have widely discussed integrating local administrations into climate governance networks, focusing on networks such as the Global Covenant of Mayors or C40, whose members are mostly in the European Union or countries of the global North and premium cities managed by engaged administrations. Relatively little is known about urban‐scale
Alejandra Irigoyen Rios, Rosa Lehmann
wiley   +1 more source

Awakening the slumbering giant : intergovernmental relations and federal grant law

open access: yes, 1980
The ACIR Library is composed of publications that study the interactions between different levels of government.
United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.   +1 more
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DIFFERENTIATED INFRASTRUCTURAL CITIZENSHIP: Claims‐Making and the Limits to Transformative Urbanization in a Fast‐Growing Small City

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article develops the concept of differentiated infrastructural citizenship (DIC) to explain how infrastructural citizenship is materially mediated, socially differentiated, and unevenly exercised in a rapidly urbanizing small city. It advances scholarship on infrastructural citizenship and everyday claims‐making as political participation
Nidhi Subramanyam
wiley   +1 more source

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