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Raising Local Fiscal Autonomy in the Local Autonomy Management
Jurnal Bina Praja, 2020 Local fiscal autonomy of Bogor Regency is still low, due to the low contribution of local own revenue to total local revenues. This fact has implications for the high local financial dependence on fiscal transfer from the central government, so that the
Anselmus Tan
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LandThis study offers a new framework for examining central–local government relations by distinguishing between two concepts that are usually combined: local autonomy and municipal activism.
Orit Shohet Radom +3 more
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Local Autonomy and Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic [PDF]
State and Local Government Review, 2022 We examine local government response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States utilizing a unique dataset created by the National League of Cities.
Patton D +3 more
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Local autonomy around the world: the updated and extended Local Autonomy Index (LAI 2.0)
Regional & Federal Studies, 2023 This paper presents an extension and update of the Local Autonomy Index (LAI) under the name LAI 2.0. It applies the comprehensive methodology of the LAI 1.0 to 57 countries over 30 years (1990–2020), including almost all EU, CoE and OECD member states ...
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Local Government Studies, 2020 Local autonomy has been the subject of increasing scrutiny in recent decades. The many studies published, based on indicators on the macro level, show that local autonomy in Switzerland is comparatively high, although its degree varies depending on the ...
Nicolas Keuffer
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Effectiveness and Challenges in Local Self-Governance: Multifunctional Autonomy in Japan
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021 Community organizing with government support, termed local self-governance (LSG), is a form of policy decentralization for community wellbeing through solutions tailored to local issues.
Chiaki Sano +2 more
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Patterns of Local Autonomy in Europe
Governance and Public Management, 2019 This book considers local autonomy, measured as a multidimensional concept, from a cross-country comparative perspective, and examines how variations can be explained and what their consequences are. It fills a gap in the literature by providing a comprehensive study of the different components of local autonomy across a large number of countries, over
A. Ladner +6 more
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Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 1984 For all its rhetorical appeal, the meaning of local autonomy remains opaque. Local autonomy is desired by the left and the right, yet is compromised by many laws administered by higher tiers of the state. In this paper I propose a theory of autonomy, premised upon two principles of power derived from Bentham: immunity and initiative.
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Local Government StudiesFrequently, increasing local autonomy is recommended to improve democratic legitimacy and government effectiveness. This paper attempts to verify to what extent these normative rationales are empirically sound.
Alexander Bastianen, Nicolas Keuffer
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Governance and Public Management, 2018 This chapter develops a comprehensive and empirically applicable concept to measure the autonomy of local government in the 39 European countries covered. To this end, we first discuss already existing measurements and typologies of local autonomy and decentralisation.
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