Immigration and Local Urban Participatory Democracy: A Boston-Paris Comparison [PDF]
This paper deals with a comparison of two governmental initiatives in the direction of immigrants – the Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians (Boston, 1998) and Conseil de la Citoyenneté des Parisiens Non-Communautaires (Paris, 2001).
Linda Chaib
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Klasik Liberalizmde “Özgürlük” ve Liberalizmin Yerel Yönetimlere Bakışı
Selçuk Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 2010 Özgürlük, klasik liberalizm çerçevesinde diğer düşünce sistemlerinden ayırt edici bir özellik olarak ortaya çıkmışve birey ile birlikte en önemli “liberal” argüman olarak ortaya konulmuştur.
Fikret Çelik, Sefa Usta
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Democracy, traditional leadership and the International Economy in South Africa [PDF]
The paper argues that in order to adequately analyse the development of postcolonial democracy - in this case South Africa - a theoretical model has to take into account the context within which that democratic experiment finds itself in. This context is
Thomas Koelble
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Cross-Cutting Literature Review on the Drivers of Local Council Accountability and Performance [PDF]
There is now a considerable body of literature on decentralization in diverse national contexts. Ascertaining factors that drive local accountability and performance have been the key concerns of these studies.
Lankina, Tomila
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Toward a Grand Vision: Early Implementation of California's Local Control Funding Formula [PDF]
, 2014 California has taken the first steps down an historic path that fundamentally alters how its public schools are financed, education decisions are made, and traditionally underserved students' needs are met.
Daniel C. Humphrey, Julia E. Koppich
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Залучення громади до формування місцевої політики (на прикладі великих міст України) [PDF]
, 2011 Досліджуються форми локальної демократії, що застосовуються у великих містах України. На основі аналізу законів України, статутів територіальних громад та офіційних web-сайтів місцевих рад представлені особливості реалізації прямого волевиявлення ...
Panchenko, T., Панченко, Т.В.
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Does direct democracy reduce the size of government? New evidence from historical data, 1890-2000 [PDF]
Using historical data for all Swiss cantons from 1890 to 2000, we estimate the causal effect of direct democracy on government spending. The main innovation in this paper is that we use fixed effects to control for unobserved heterogeneity and ...
Christina Gathmann, Patricia Funk
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YEREL SİYASET VE KATILMA DAVRANIŞI: KONYA’DA KATILIM EĞİLİMLERİ
Sosyal Ekonomik Araştırmalar Dergisi, 2002 Demokrasinin gelişme sürecine bakıldığında, Tocqueville ve Mill gibi birçok düşünür, demokrasinin güçlenmesinin önemli koşulunun yurttaşlarla birlikte yönetim anlayışı olduğunu önemle vurgulamışlardır.
M. Akif ÇUKURÇAYIR, Gülise GÖKÇE
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Forms of Participatory Democracy: An Analytical Framework Based on the Experiences of Bolivia, Brazil and Colombia [PDF]
Based on the experiences of Colombia, Brazil and Bolivia, the paper proposes a general analytical framework for participatory mechanisms. The analysis is oriented to detect the incentives in each system and the ethics and behavior sustaining them.
Carlos Eduardo Sepúlveda +1 more
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Decentralization in Africa and the nature of local governments' competition: evidence from Benin [PDF]
Without denying particular dimensions of the decentralisation in Sub-Saharan countries, this paper applies standard reasoning from the fiscal federalism literature to a developing country and tests the existence of strategic interactions among local ...
Emilie CALDEIRA +2 more
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