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Triangular Negotiations of Island Sovereignty: Indigenous and Customary Authorities Metropolitan States Local Metropolitan Authorities

open access: yesIsland Studies Journal, 2022
The benefits of subnational island jurisdiction (SNIJ) status are well detailed, but less attention has been given to the diffusion of economic, social and political benefits associated with these islands’ Islandian sovereignty among diverse island ...
Cadey Korson   +2 more
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VIAȚA PUBLICĂ LA NIVEL LOCAL: O SINTEZĂ A CAUZELOR NEIMPLICĂRII POPULAȚIEI [PDF]

open access: yesBuletinul Științific al Universității de Stat „B.P. Hasdeu” din Cahul: Științe Sociale, 2020
The active participation of citizens in local public life is one of the essential characteristics of contemporary democratic societies. The objective of the research was to elucidate the causes of the non-involvement of the population in the public life ...
Sergiu CORNEA
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The environmental spending needs of Scotland’s local authorities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Scottish citizens benefit from 19% more public spending per head than English citizens. The ‘Barnett formula’ is slowly reducing the gap, but very little is known about the countries’ relative needs and hence about how far the present gap is defensible ...
King, David N   +2 more
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An integrated and inclusive methodology for municipal resilience against multiple crises

open access: yesJournal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning
This article seeks to explore flexible approaches to integrating resilience into urban governance. With this perspective, it evaluates the transformation of RESLOG- Türkiye Project’s resilience assessment methodology, developed to access local ...
Ervin Sezgin   +3 more
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To run or not to run (again) for political office… at the crossroads between public values and self-interested benefits: Insights from the Canton of Ticino

open access: yesYearbook of Swiss Administrative Sciences, 2012
What motivates people to run (or run again) for political office? Politics is an ideology-based activity, but is the desire to serve the State and contribute to people’s well-being enough to motivate people?
Daniela Cristofoli, Paolo Crugnola
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Critical Discourse on Press Contribution to NTT Good Local Governance

open access: yesJurnal Aspikom, 2022
The contribution of local media in articulating its control function to restore people’s rights and encourage the implementation of good local governance cannot be separated from the professionalism and critical support of the media crew. This is because
Yonas Klemens Gregorius Dori Gobang   +2 more
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Global Interconnectedness - Local Authorities and Transnational Networking

open access: yesMedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research, 2006
This article argues that, in their continuous and proclaimed efforts at "modernizing" themselves, public sector organizations, also at the sub-national level, increasingly envision the new media as an object of policy making and intervention.
Hans Krause Hansen   +1 more
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ACTIVITIES OF UNITED TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES AS A BODY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE CONDITIONS OF POWER DECENTRALIZATION IN UKRAINE [PDF]

open access: yesBaltic Journal of Economic Studies, 2018
The purpose of the article is to study the system of united territorial communities (UTC) formation and to conduct the analysis of their activities effectiveness, in the conditions of decentralization of power. Methodology.
Lyudmila Pronko   +2 more
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Life filming as a means of participatory approach together with older community-dwelling persons regarding their local environment

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2018
Background: The potential to influence the design of one’s local environment is especially important to older people since age-related problems, in combination with a less supportive environment, can prevent the performance of meaningful activities.
Susanne Gustafsson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Data-Driven Devolution: Empowering Philippine LGUs forEffective Service Delivery

open access: yesAsian Review of Public Administration
This paper assesses the challenges posed by Executive Order 138 (EO 138) in devolving functions from national government agencies (NGAs) to Local Government Units (LGUs) in the Philippines.
Ralfhee Blake Barrios
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