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Better Together: An Analysis of Public Participation in Flower Mound, Texas [PDF]
, 2014 Public participation has become a buzzword among planners and local officials in the past few decades as citizens demand more transparency and involvement in local matters.
Ezell, Rachel
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Happiness, Economy and Institutions [PDF]
A cross-regional econometric analysis suggests that institutional factors in the form of direct democracy (via initiatives and referenda) and of federal structure (local autonomy) systematically and sizeably raise s elf-reported individual well-being ...
Alois Stutzer, Bruno S. Frey
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Why is Globalization a Threat to Africa? A Study of the Thought of Claude Ake on African Migration to the City and Some of Its Consequences [PDF]
, 2011 Globalization is seen positively by those to whose societies it brings measurable benefits. Claude Ake, one of the most outstanding African thinkers of the second half of the 20th century and a great advocate for constructing democracy in Africa ...
Trzcinski, Krzysztof
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Five years of local democracy in federal Nepal (2017–2022)
Asia & the Pacific Policy StudiesNepalʼs 2015 federal constitution empowers local governments with significant autonomy, power, and resources for local policymaking, developmental programs, and public services. This research examines this new landscape of local governance as experienced
Thaneshwar Bhusal, Keshav Kumar Acharya
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With or Against the People? The Impact of a Bottom-Up Approach on Tax Morale and the Shadow Economy [PDF]
Policymakers often propose strict enforcement strategies to fight the shadow economy and to increase tax morale. However, there is also a bottom-up approach: decentralizing the political power to those who are close to the problems and give them a direct
Benno Torgler +2 more
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Conversations that Matter: How a Thriving Public Sphere Makes Better Citizens and Better Neighbors [PDF]
, 2018 While it is true that the most recent presidential election cycle highlighted deeply rooted divisions lying in our American democracy, there is more to this separation than politics. Globalization and polarization have acted as catalysts, in part, to the
Schreiber, Kylie
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Advancing local government in Pacific Island Countries: a practitioner reflects
Commonwealth Journal of Local GovernanceThis paper presents the author’s reflections on efforts to advance the scope and role of elected local government in the Pacific Islands. It focuses primarily on the Commonwealth Local Government Forum Pacific Project, which has been operating since ...
Terry Parker
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Radical Leadership in Post-Parojinog Ozamis Politics [PDF]
, 2019 The history of Philippine democracy is marked with the persistent existence of oppressive forces that subjugate the people. Oppression and corruption are the two historically rooted characteristics of Philippine politics.
Arambala, Gerry
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The youth and the employment situation in Togo. [PDF]
Since 1993, when Togo got into the democracy process, the economic and the social conditions were affected by the political crisis that emerged from the lack of democracy and respect of human rights by the Togolese authorities.
Mawudeku, Koffi
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Journal of Politics in Latin America, 2011 Drawing from well-known theories of democracy and democratic transition, this essay considers the transition to local democracy in Latin America.
Gary Bland
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