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Delivering public services through social media in European local governments. An interpretative framework using semantic algorithms

Local Government Studies, 2020
Social media adoption by public administrations is usually related to the promotion of transparency, participation and collaboration. However, less attention has been paid to the utilisation of social media for public service delivery.
J. I. Criado, Julián Villodre
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Reflections on three decades of digital transformation in local governments

Local Government Studies
This article draws from scholarly debates over three decades to argue for a shift in the study of digital transformation in local governments founded in the understanding that technology is an unavoidable tool for local government reform and that ...
Mila Gasco Hernandez
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From Local Government to Local Governance

2000
To refer to a shift over the last two decades from local government to local governance in Britain implies a recognition of two factors. First there has been a shift in the institutional structure of governing with a range of appointed bodies or ‘quangos’ gaining greater responsibility and prominence.
William L. Miller, Malcolm Dickson, Gerry Stoker   +2 more
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From Local Government to Local Governance—and Beyond?

International Political Science Review, 1998
This article presents an overview of local government studies and particularly of recent developments. It looks first of all at the changing social and economic factors which influence the operation of local government. Globalization, political and institutional changes, demographic trends—all these structure the environment of local government.
Caroline Andrew, Michael Goldsmith
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China’s local governments breaking the land use planning quota: A strategic interaction perspective

, 2020
In China, the planning quota, i.e., the binding target of construction land (BTCL) in land use planning for 15 years (2006–2020), was exhausted within only 7 years, which represents a very serious problem.
Jian Wang, Qun Wu, Siqi Yan, Guancheng Guo, Shangui Peng   +4 more
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Local government

2018
There are just over 20,000 councillors across England, Scotland and Wales and, in 2016, some 85 per cent of them come from one of the three main, UK-wide national political parties: Conservative, Labour or Liberal Democrat. There are also around 460 councillors in Northern Ireland. There are however, a large array of councillors, across the mainland UK,
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Solid waste management of local governments in the Western Province of Sri Lanka: An implementation analysis.

Waste Management, 2019
The large-scale solid waste generation has been a critical issue in the world today. The absence of a sound national policy for Solid Waste Management (SWM) has caused tremendous negative environmental consequences in Sri Lanka.
R. Fernando
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Evolutionary game analysis on local governments and manufacturers' behavioral strategies: Impact of phasing out subsidies for new energy vehicles

, 2019
This paper discusses how to promote stable new energy vehicle (NEV) diffusion and how to alleviate the related financial pressure faced by governments.
Shoufeng Ji, Dan Zhao, Rong-juan Luo
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Comparative analysis of the R&D investment performance of Korean local governments

, 2020
This study examines Korea's research and development (R&D) investment performance at the local government level using slack-based model data envelopment analysis (SBM-DEA). The SBM methodology, which has replaced the traditional DEA model, is expected to
Hyoungsuk Lee, Yongrok Choi, Hyungjun Seo   +2 more
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Does environment centralization prevent local governments from racing to the bottom? --Evidence from China

Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019
While China has achieved rapid economic growth in the past several decades, such growth has also caused serious environmental problems. Local governments' tolerance and indulgence pollution is one of the key factors.
Tao Hong, N. Yu, Zhonggen Mao
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