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National Civic Review, 1989
AbstractThis paper explores the prospects for the design of a standing committee system for city government. A model is developed which emphasizes the reliable resolution of political issues with a minimum of conflict. The impact of such a system on city administration is detailed.
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AbstractThis paper explores the prospects for the design of a standing committee system for city government. A model is developed which emphasizes the reliable resolution of political issues with a minimum of conflict. The impact of such a system on city administration is detailed.
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2020
Centralization has been an essential element of Turkish political and administrative system since the Ottoman era. There is a vast literature showing that not much has changed after the proclamation of the republic, as local governments have most of the time perceived only as administrative extensions of central government (Mardin 1973; Heper 1974 ...
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Centralization has been an essential element of Turkish political and administrative system since the Ottoman era. There is a vast literature showing that not much has changed after the proclamation of the republic, as local governments have most of the time perceived only as administrative extensions of central government (Mardin 1973; Heper 1974 ...
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ACCOUNTING REFORMS: DETERMINANTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS' CHOICES
Financial Accountability & Management, 2008The introduction of accrual accounting in Italian Local Governments has been mandated in a way that permits, and in fact encourages, a merely formal compliance. Local Governments must produce accrual‐based financial statements, but double‐entry bookkeeping is not mandatory, nor may traditional budgetary accounting be abandoned.
E. Anessi Pessina +2 more
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The reform of Scottish local government
Public Money & Management, 1994The reorganization of local government in Scotland has been linked by ministers to the abolition of the poll tax. The process has been ministerially driven with opinion canvassed through the publication of two consultation papers. One clear objective is to end the redistributive capacity of the large regions by the creation of a uniform single‐tier ...
Alan Alexander, Kevin Orr
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2007
My purpose here is not to argue one way or the other as regards the controversy about the proper role, structure or finance of local authorities in Ireland. I propose to do no more than to parade some of the contributions which economics can make to an analysis of these issues.
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My purpose here is not to argue one way or the other as regards the controversy about the proper role, structure or finance of local authorities in Ireland. I propose to do no more than to parade some of the contributions which economics can make to an analysis of these issues.
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Local Government Reform in Malaysia
Asian Survey, 1978IN MALAYSIA, AS in other developing countries of Asia, local government reform has been necessitated by new challenges to local units of government and, subsequently, their changing role in national developmental and political processes.' Rapid urbanization, which is a by-product of the Malaysian government's strategy for intercommunal redistribution ...
G. Shabbir Cheema, S. Ahmad Hussein
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Local government: Reform and change
Public Money & Management, 1989The Government has said that further structural change in local government has been ruled out, but the cumulative effect of changes currently under way has profound implications in the longer term for the structure. Arms’ length agencies for direct service provision, accountability to the consumer, the impact of competition on effectiveness and quality
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Local government reforms and the capacity for local governance in Hungary
2003The single most important reform of local administration in Hungary was the introduction of the democratic local government system in 1990. The previous communist system, highly centralized and dominated by the Communist Party, was replaced by a new institutional arrangement that was intended to be more democratic and efficient and capable of counter ...
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Local Governance Reforms in Africa
2009At a time when the democratic governance resurgence of the 90s in developing countries is giving way to the disappointment and disillusionment at the retreat of democracy, it is opportune that the relationship between democratic and local governance is being given serious consideration by the International Association of Political Science globally ...
Norbert Kersting +4 more
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Reforming local government finance
Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy. Public Money, 1986The Government's proposals for the reform of local government finance should primarily be evaluated in terms of their impact on the efficiency and accountability of local budget‐making. Criticisms of their distributional implications are largely beside the point.
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