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Scale Economies in Local Public Administration [PDF]

Local Government Studies, 2016
A renewed interest in decentralisation has profoundly affected local public governance around the world. Faced with an increasing number of tasks, Dutch municipalities have recently sought physical centralisation, merging into larger jurisdictions in order to target new policy areas more effectively and cost efficiently.
Daan Van Der Linde
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Crowdsourcing in Local Public Administration

International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age, 2016
Social networks have become very popular online sources of participation in crowdsourcing. This article examines the antecedents of user participation in crowdsourcing and importance of online community involvement in local public administration. Based on data collected from local public administrators and local public through survey, the results ...
Kalsoom BeBe Sumra, Wang Bing
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Public Administration Reform: An Incentive for Local Transformation? [PDF]

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 1997
Local self-governments at gmina (municipality) level have become primary components of Poland's democratization. The establishment of self-governing units in 1990 was the most important achievement of the first period of transformation and a very promising sign for potential political and economic changes in the future.
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Social Equity in Local Public Administration

International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change, 2017
This article explores and tests whether awareness of social equity in public services delivery is existed in local public administration and citizens, and whether these perceptions are different between local offices and citizens. Using data from a survey of Pakistani local public offices (n = 150) and citizens (n = 1200), the authors generally find ...
Kalsoom Sumra, Muhammad Shakeel Ahmad
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The Ombudsman and Effective Local Public Administration

2011
This paper discusses the role of the ombudsman, including ombudsman-like institutions such as the contractor-general and parliamentary commissioner, in local public administration. The authors argue that because local government is often regarded as inefficient and costly, it does not compete very effectively for the allocation of public financing ...
Derrick V. McKoy, Yvonne Stone
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