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Norgaard, A. S. "Governing Structures and Structured Governing: Local Political Control of Public Services in Denmark." Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 13, no. 4 (October 1, 2003): 543–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jopart/mug034.
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Lyngstad, Rolv. "Reconsidering Rationales for Local Self-Government - Impacts of Contemporary Changes in Local Decision-Making." Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government 8, no. 1 (January 23, 2010): 93–113. http://dx.doi.org/10.4335/8.1.93-113(2010).
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This paper discusses two contemporary trends in local decision-making. Firstly, there seems to be more centralised decision-making today than before in important policy fields such as welfare policy. Secondly, informal governance processes outside formal government structures open up for a substantial influence from non-elected political actors. The paper asserts that there is a connection between the trends, and argues that the centralisation tendencies in welfare issues might affect and encourage governance processes in other local policy arenas. These policy fields are mainly within the so-called ‘developmental policies’ that often facilitate more networking and partnership activities in ‘grey areas’ between the public, private and civil sectors in collective problem solving. Accordingly, more attention should be given to policy fields where governance networks operate, and the implications for revitalising democratic political participation should be studied. The paper concludes that the well-established rationales for local self-government and local democracy need to be reconsidered by taking into account these new decision-making structures.
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Olowu, Dele. "Local institutional and political structures and processes: recent experience in Africa." Public Administration and Development 23, no. 1 (2003): 41–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pad.258.
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Beeson, Patricia, Lara Shore-Sheppard, and Tara Watson. "Local Fiscal Policies and Urban Wage Structures." Public Finance Review 38, no. 5 (July 14, 2010): 540–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1091142110373609.
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Biarez, Sylvie. "Theory of Local Power Structures in France." International Review of Administrative Sciences 54, no. 3 (September 1988): 379–409. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002085238805400303.
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Ingvar Jacobsen, Dag. "A Tragedy of the Councils? Exploring the Hollowing-Out Hypothesis – The Case of Norwegian Local Authorities." Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government 7, no. 3 (October 14, 2009): 221–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.4335/84.
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In the debate on governance structures, it is often assumed that traditional political and administrative institutions are “hollowed-out” in favour of other actors at the international, national and local levels. But how valid is this assumption? By using a variant of the reputational method for studying power, local politicians in 30 Norwegian municipalities were asked to assess the power of other actors in different fields – the local administration, central government, local media, local pressure and interest groups, and international institutions like the EU – in relation to the perceived power of the political local council. The main conclusion is that three main actors are clearly perceived as more powerful than other actors: the local political council, the local administration and the state. Other actors were deemed much less influential, indicating that the power of local politicians may be rather large. Findings indicate that old hierarchical government structures seem still to be highly influential. In addition, the perceived power of local authorities varies across municipalities and within them. Implications for governance studies are discussed.
KEYWORDS: • local self-government • governance structures • local authorities • hollowing-out hypothesis • Norway
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Radwanowicz-Wanczewska, Joanna. "Remarks on Civic Legislative Initiative in Poland." Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government 18, no. 4 (October 29, 2020): 927–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.4335/18.3.927-939(2020).
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The article presents citizens’ legislative initiative at the local level in Poland as a form of social participation. Poland is currently seeing a growing interest in public affairs on the part of citizens, which is especially noticeable at the local level. In the article, particular attention is paid to the importance of local self-government, which is the key element of a democratic state that provides its citizens with an opportunity to participate in exercising public power. The structures of Polish local administration are one of the fundamental manifestations effects of decentralization of public administration. It is through these structures that the citizens’ right to take socially important actions related to the satisfying of public needs stemming from living in the given territory is exercised. Citizens’ legislative initiative at the local level allows the members of local communities to submit a draft of a resolution to the local legislative body. The establishment of the legislative initiative of the members of the local communities in generally applicable legal regulations was a positive move, as it has created an opportunity to promote citizens’ local legislative initiative as an instrument allowing citizens to have actual influence over the functioning of local communities.
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Cruz, Nuno Ferreira da, Sanford V. Berg, and Rui Cunha Marques. "Managing Public Utilities: Lessons from Florida." Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government 11, no. 2 (April 11, 2013): 101–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.4335/238.
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This paper considers the institutional and regulatory framework of local infrastructure services in Florida. Furthermore, it examines how decision-makers perceive the governance structures of publicly-owned utilities in this state. After reviewing the theory, the study describes the current system in terms of rate setting, investments, consumer protection and quality of service. A state-wide survey was developed to identify potential sources of tension between managers and politicians. The responses were supplemented by interviews with managers, enabling the authors to identify good practices of local governance, including the de-politicization of the decision-making and the managerial attention to sustainable approaches to funding infrastructure.
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O`Keeffe, Brendan. "Regional and Local Devolution in Ireland – the Potential of LEADER Partnerships to Provide Municipal Government." Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government 7, no. 3 (October 14, 2009): 257–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.4335/86.
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Emerging economic and social challenges prompted EU and national authorities to initiate and support localised or area-based partnership approaches to development. Such approaches involve enabling representatives from the state sector, social partners, community and voluntary groups to form collaborative partnership structures with competences in integrated local development in a defined geographical area. In terms of local development in Ireland, the most significant partnership structures that have emerged are LEADER Local Action Groups and Local Development Partnerships. Extensive studies of partnership processes, outputs and limitations in Ireland and throughout the EU reveal a number of limitations in the current degree of synergy between partnership and mainstream approaches. Emerging development approaches to the provision of social welfare and public services increasingly involve new forms of public-voluntary and public-private partnerships.
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Skica, Tomasz, and Ondřej Dvouletý. "Quantification of the Size of Local Public Administration: Empirical Study of Polish Regions." European Spatial Research and Policy 25, no. 1 (August 14, 2018): 75–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.18778/1231-1952.25.1.05.
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The issue of the size of public administration is commonly researched. Most of the times this topic is tackled from a macroeconomic perspective, considering local and central administration together. That is why this paper uniquely takes on the local perspective only, analysing the size of local government (i.e. size of public administration at the local level) in Polish regions during the period of 2009–2013. Based on the existing literature, we chose five variables of the size of local administration at the commune level connected with employment and reflecting costs related to the functioning of local administration structures. All indicators were expressed per capita. With the usage of ANOVA, we proved significant differences in the size of public administration across regions for all variables. To compare the size of local governments across regions, we ranked all variables individually, and then we calculated the average ranking for all variables. Our findings have clear implications for policy makers, providing information about the regions with the biggest/smallest size of public administration at the local level. Our study suggests simple and accessible tool for continuous reporting on the size of public administration in order to monitor costs also in the upcoming years. The results of the monitoring could also be used for the establishment of an incentive program for regional policy representatives.
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Novokreshchenov, A. V. "Urban territory development and the territorial public self-government." POWER AND ADMINISTRATION IN THE EAST OF RUSSIA 92, no. 3 (2020): 153–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.22394/1818-4049-2020-92-3-153-160.
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The article analyzes the experience of the Novosibirsk city administration in the development of urban territory, which under the general name of TPS (territorial public self-government) involves, in addition to the councils of TPS, the office of the city administration, district administrations, management campaigns, condominiums, housing and communal services departments, municipal unitary enterprises, business structures of all types, social institutions and the other interested bodies and organizations. The author draws attention to the fact that this practice, despite its effectiveness, does not correspond to the concept of territorial public self-government established by the Federal law 131-FL “On general principles of the organizing local self-government in the Russian Federation”, where it is interpreted as a form of direct democracy, direct participation of the population in the local self-government. The author sees the inconsistency of practice with the provisions of the law in the article of the law, especially in the terms of territorial organization, financial sources, motivation of the population, interaction with the other organizations and local authorities. The practice of implementing TPS in the life of municipalities shows the need to adopt the special Federal law on the territorial public self-government, which would remove all the problems and contradictions mentioned in the article.
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POLIANSKA, Yana. "Communicative Process in the Management System of Economic Relations at the Local Level." Public administration and local government 47, no. 4 (December 20, 2020): 131–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.33287/102077.
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The article analyzes the features of the communicative and managerial process during the implementation of economic relations in local authorities. The meaningful concept of communication and the specifics of its functioning in the system of public administration are revealed. The basic principles, features, key tasks and functions of communications in the implementation of economic relations at the basic levels of government are described. Specific differences in the functioning of the system of modern communicative activity in public administration and at the basic level of government have been clarified.
The information and communication system of local authorities is analyzed. The process of formation of internal organizational communications and their key forms used in the implementation of economic relations in the system of public administration are considered. The legislative and normative base of public administration bodies and state authorities in the implementation of communication tasks and functions has been studied and analyzed.
The main stages of institutionalization of communicative relations between the government and the public are considered. The list of criteria for assessing communication processes in the implementation of economic relations between state institutions and public administration bodies, between the authorities and representatives of business structures, between the authorities, population and representatives of the public sector.
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Grunow, Dieter. "Structures and Logic of EP Implementation and Administration in China." Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 40, no. 3 (September 2011): 37–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/186810261104000303.
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This paper describes empirical observations gathered during a research project on the implementation of environmental protection (EP) policies in China. The project focused on local EP in both urban and rural areas. Policy field analysis was used as a conceptual framework for structuring the observations. The paper develops in three main steps discussing the following topics: 1) Collective problems within the policy field of EP show that EP issues in general are unlike those of other policy fields. Official EP policies in China today resemble those of other countries – but they are separating issues and responsibilities, making local implementation very demanding. 2) China lags behind in its willingness and ability to implement these policies – leading to implementation gaps. To explore the causes and consequences, specific sites in China are described in an extended look at local implementation structures. It was found that although policies in China are basically the same everywhere, the structures for implementing them and the quality of their implementation vary widely with regard to resources, organization, coordination, staff qualifications, personnel placement, and other aspects. 3) Not all of the challenges hampering local implementation of environmental policies were China-specific; however, some of those which are can be described as the macro-context: an ineffective rule of law, insufficient involvement of civil society, and complicated macro-structures of public administration prevent a generally high level of successful EP implementation in China.
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McCue, Clifford P., Eric Prier, and David Swanson. "Five dilemmas in public procurement." Journal of Public Procurement 15, no. 2 (March 1, 2015): 177–207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jopp-15-02-2015-b003.
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Procurement systems in democratic governments across the globe face competing demands, conflated values and goals, and are being called upon to address societies "wicked" problems under the rubric of government "reform." As a result, government purchasing professionals are being challenged to develop new flexible structures and processes that devolve purchasing responsibility, yet maintain accountability and control; limit the opportunity for fraud/mismanagement while reducing operational constraints; increase economic efficiency while satisfying political demands for minority/local/small and women owned business participation; increase open and transparent competition while achieving best value; and applying best practices while confronting legal limitations. Essentially these dilemmas have placed public procurement at the forefront of government reform efforts. The current study delineates the nature of five dilemmas that purchasing practitioners face, and the implications of these dilemmas for purchasing in the public sphere are explored. Given the complexity of these dilemmas, procurement professionals will be continually called upon to balance these inherent tensions with little guidance from policymakers or elected officials.
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Dagnes, Joselle, Davide Donatiello, Valentina Moiso, Davide Pellegrino, Rocco Sciarrone, and Luca Storti. "Mafia infiltration, public administration and local institutions: A comparative study in Northern Italy." European Journal of Criminology 17, no. 5 (October 8, 2018): 540–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1477370818803050.
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Nuanced explanations of the factors underpinning the mafia’s movements across territories have recently been proposed. However, more light must be shed on the mechanisms through which mafiosi try to infiltrate the legal economy in non-traditional territories. Accordingly, this study aims to micro-found interactions and exchanges that mainly involve mafiosi, politicians and economic actors in expansion areas. Focusing on the local level, we will show how the misuse of several administrative tools generates a profitable opportunity structure for mafiosi. To this end, we present an in-depth comparative case study of three events involving the construction industry that took place in Northern Italy. The main findings show that: (i) mafiosi are skilled at smoothing social relations, enlarging and consolidating opaque networks predating their arrival; (ii) they give rise to different types of mutual exchanges and network structures.
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Santos Curto, Helena, and Álvaro Dias. "Administrative reforms and performance of local public policies." International Journal of Public Sector Management 27, no. 6 (August 5, 2014): 462–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijpsm-07-2012-0091.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to clarify the relationship between administrative reform in Portugal and the impacts on the dependence of local governments in the face of budgetary resources of state and local municipal revenue collection, which is understood as a form, among others, participation civil society in local public policies. Design/methodology/approach – The study opts for an exploratory analysis using the grounded theory approach, including the use of data relating to local government structures and partnerships with the private sector, based on the main lines of the public administration reform. The data were supplemented by documentary analysis, including legislative documents and papers in specialized area of administrative decentralization and civil society participation in local public policies. Findings – The paper provides empirical insights about how the increased participation of civil society in local public policies is associated with less reliance on state budgets and a greater number of local managerial structures. Research limitations/implications – Due to the chosen research approach, the results cannot be generalized. A comparative study between several countries could bring several interesting insights. Social implications – The paper includes implications for economic and social development of new public policies in the context of administrative reforms. Originality/value – This paper makes several theoretical and empirical contributions on this research field specially about local public manager's decisions for financial resources transfers within the active policy of sustainable local development.
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Smith, Brian, and Ján Buček. "New Structures of Local Governance." Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 18, no. 1 (February 2000): 1–2. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/c1801ed.
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Alkan, Haluk, and Simge Ünlü. "Local Solution Centres: A Model of Social Innovation by Local Governments." Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government 17, no. 2 (April 30, 2019): 225–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.4335/17.2.225-245(2019).
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This qualitative study proposes a model of social innovation practices adopted by local governments in social strategy development in Turkey. Data for case study research of the Bağcılar, Esenler and Beşiktaş municipalities were collected from literature, observations and semi-structured interviews with municipal officials. A thematic analysis of the interviews was used to inform analysis on social strategy and innovation practices, and based on the analysis, the study proposes a functional model for a local solution centre aimed at facilitating social innovation and strategic public relations elements that can be applied by local governments in Turkey.
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MANTOVAN, CLAUDIA. "Public administration, legal culture, and empirical research: Residential policies for the Sinti in Venice." Romani Studies: Volume 31, Issue 1 31, no. 1 (June 1, 2021): 101–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/rs.2021.6.
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This article proposes a model for analyzing contested local policies for Roma and Sinti people, starting with a case study on a Sinti “village” established by Venice’s local authority. A multidimensional analytical framework is adopted, investigating how the local setting and the political and discursive opportunity structures existing at higher territorial levels intersect, and how local residents’ collective actions influence the public authorities’ behavior. Concerning the first aspect, we identify a mutually reinforcing effect of legal culture, policies, and common-sense representations that contributes to consolidating the representation of Roma and Sinti people as “foreigners” and “nomads.” As for the second aspect, our analysis shows how the different perceptions of citizenship (and of the relationship between the Sinti and citizenship, in particular) of the various protagonists in the conflict affect the practices that are implemented.
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Suchecki, Adam. "Changes in the system of organization and financing of culture in Poland in the years 2001-2008." Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe 13, no. 4 (February 23, 2011): 139–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10103-009-0050-3.
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After the collapse of socialism the democratic structures of the Polish government and the society are still in the way of forming process. After the year 1989 till now Poland make some formal and crucial steps to change the administrating system, also in the field of cultural policy and art institutions. This article will show the major reforms and changes in public administration system in Poland according to changes in the sphere of culture in the years 2001-2009 and the final form of the culture finance system. The reason of this time horizon is, that before year 2001 the data have been incomplete according to the spatial regional reforms in the local administration systems. I will try to show the effects of changes, such as how new administration and local governments use culture as a part of economic capital of the regions and cities, I will show changes in public expenditures for culture and new possibilities and plans of financing this sphere in Poland.
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Bakoš, Eduard, Jana Soukopová, and Jan Šelešovský. "The Historical Roots of Local Self-Government in Czech and Slovak Republics." Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government 13, no. 1 (January 11, 2015): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.4335/13.1.1-19(2015).
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The paper deals with the historical development of local self-government in the context of the development of the public administration as a whole during the First Czechoslovak Republic. It presents historical roots of the public administration in the former imperial Austria-Hungary, which was different from other European countries with its complex bureaucratic structures. Certain elements of the complex political and administrative developments during the early 20th century can be seen even one hundred years later. It is becoming apparent that history repeats itself in a number of issues and that it is unforgivable not to learn lessons both from the mistakes and the successful solutions of the past.
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Do Vale, Helder. "Local Government Reforms in Federal Brazil, India and South Africa: A Comparative Overview." Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government 11, no. 3 (July 1, 2013): 453–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.4335/11.3.453-470(2013).
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This article examines the changes at the local level of government that have been taking place in Brazil, India and South Africa for the past thirty years as a result of complex federal decision-making processes. I summarize the most important federal traits of these countries and identify the role of key institutions behind the fiscal, political and administrative changes in local governments. The article draws on the institutional processes to dissect the anatomy of local government reforms in these countries and concludes that although the changes in local government structures and powers have been taken against the background of transition to democracy and/or democratic deepening, the scope of change in local government varied.
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Müller, Markus-Michael. "‘Public’ Security and Patron–Client Exchanges in Latin America." Government and Opposition 48, no. 4 (April 3, 2013): 548–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/gov.2013.2.
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Notwithstanding the democratization processes that have taken place since the 1980s, clientelism continues to be an important political practice throughout contemporary Latin America. By offering an analysis of the changing patterns of patron–client exchanges in Mexico City, this article demonstrates how the repercussions of the local democratization process expanded clientelist practices to the realm of public security provision. This expansion, it is argued, is related to efforts of the local government to regain previous levels of political control over the local police forces that had been undermined by the fragmentation of long-standing national patron–client structures under authoritarian rule. Additionally, it is demonstrated that in an increasingly insecure urban environment, local politicians and brokers realized the political gains to be derived from expanding clientelist exchanges to the realm of security provision.
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Miller, Stephen M., and Frank S. Russek. "Fiscal Structures and Economic Growth at the State and Local Level." Public Finance Review 25, no. 2 (March 1997): 213–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/109114219702500204.
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Callanan, Mark. "Institutionalizing Participation and Governance? New Participative Structures in Local Government in Ireland." Public Administration 83, no. 4 (December 2005): 909–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0033-3298.2005.00483.x.
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Adam, James Natia, Timothy Adams, and Jean-David Gerber. "The Politics of Decentralization: Competition in Land Administration and Management in Ghana." Land 10, no. 9 (September 8, 2021): 948. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land10090948.
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Decentralization policy forms part of a broader global ideology and effort of the international donor community in favor of subsidiarity and local participation, and represents a paradigm shift from top-down command-and-control systems. Since 2003, the formalization of property rights through titling became an integral component of decentralized land administration efforts in Ghana. The creation of new forms of local government structures and the related changes in the distribution of responsibilities between different levels of government have an impact on natural resource management, the allocation of rights, and the unequal distribution of powers. This paper aims to understand how decentralization reforms modify the balance of power between public administration, customary authorities, and resource end-users in Ghana. Decentralization’s impact is analyzed based on two case studies. Relying on purposive and snowball sampling techniques, and mixed methods, we conducted 8 key informant interviews with local government bureaucrats in land administration, 16 semi-structured interviews with allodial landholders, 20 biographic interviews and 8 focus group discussions with small-scale farmers. The interviews analyzed the institutions and the roles of actors in land administration. Our case studies show that decentralization has the tendency to increase local competition in land administration where there are no clear distribution of power and obligation to local actors. Local competition and elitism in land administration impact the ability of small-scale farmers to regularize or formalize land rights. Thus, the paper concludes that local competition and the elitism within the land administration domain in Ghana could be the main obstacles towards decentralization reforms.
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Gist, John R. "FISCAL AUSTERITY, GRANT STRUCTURES AND LOCAL EXPENDITURE RESPONSE." Policy Studies Journal 16, no. 4 (June 1988): 687–712. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0072.1988.tb00679.x.
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Nalbandian, John, Robert O'Neill, J. Michael Wilkes, and Amanda Kaufman. "Contemporary Challenges in Local Government: Evolving Roles and Responsibilities, Structures, and Processes." Public Administration Review 73, no. 4 (May 6, 2013): 567–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/puar.12059.
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Balkaran, R. "The Conceptualisation of Tourism and Hospitality within a Public Administration Framework in South Africa: A Case study of a Tourism Provincial Administrative Authority in KwaZulu Natal." Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies 5, no. 7 (July 30, 2013): 420–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/jebs.v5i7.416.
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Objectives of this paper are to: locate the study into a conceptual framework by conceptualising and clarifying Tourism and Public administration and management; Constitutional and legislative provisions relevant to the tourism and hospitality industries; National, provincial and local government administration with a view to locating Tourism and the Tourism Provincial Authority. Paper clarifies the intrinsic relationship between Government functions at national, provincial and local levels and the tourism and hospitality industries. The essence of the paper depicts the policy and a legislative framework formulated by government for the purposes of effective and efficient application to relevant structures at central, provincial and local levels. The welfare of the tourism and hospitality industries depend to a large extent on the delivery of services from public institutions at all levels of government.
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Cockerill, Tony, Joyce Liddle, and Alan Southern. "Changes to the North East Regional - Local Dynamic: New Forms of Governance from Traditional Public Sector Structures?" Public Policy and Administration 15, no. 2 (June 2000): 110–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095207670001500209.
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Liddle, Joyce. "Aligning vertical structures and horizontal relationships: collaborative leadership and accountability mechanisms to enhance economic growth in England." International Review of Administrative Sciences 84, no. 4 (July 19, 2016): 659–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020852316651694.
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This article explores vertical and horizontal dimensions of the work of public, private and civic leaders involved in economic development in England, in particular, those working in the complex terrain of Local Enterprise Partnerships, a key partnership tool in the UK central government’s localism agenda for driving growth. It offers insights into innovative ways in which state, non-state and citizen agents navigate a complex set of vertical, legal authority structures within fragmented, horizontal and largely informal new ‘spaces’ of interactions/interrelationships to collaboratively co-produce strategies and plans for transforming local areas. To advance our knowledge of collaborative leadership requires new methodological approaches to investigating multi-accountabilities and how co-production works within ‘loosely coupled’ networks. It is imperative to appreciate the problems associated with leadership working across sectoral boundaries within complex networks of vertical, legal structures and horizontal, informal action spaces. In such networks, leaders, as institutional representatives, work collaboratively to achieve objectives not readily attainable by member organisations acting alone. They also need to compromise and negotiate their representative role back to a parent organisation while protecting and promoting the priorities, aims and interests of the new entity, in this case, a Local Enterprise Partnership. Theoretically, then, the article is located in recent debates on the theory and practice of New Public Governance, to show the inadequacies of New Public Management models for capturing the complexities between formal authority structures and fragmented informal sets of relationships. It also draws on accountability models, notably, from the Utrecht School, to identify social relations between collaborative leaders on Local Enterprise Partnerships, and to show how they assert agency and individual actions within the boundaries of participating institutions. Points for practitioners The findings should benefit professionals, public managers and policymakers in understanding formal and informal linkages on partnerships for economic development. The article should facilitate an appreciation of the importance of greater accountability for actions in cross-boundary working. Moreover, in exploring vertical and horizontal dimensions of public, private and civic leadership in the complex terrain of Local Enterprise Partnerships, the findings show their feasibility as key vehicles to develop collaborative, co-produced strategies in transforming sub-national localities.
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Ismajli, Mr Sc Naim, and Dr Sc Ermira Qosja. "Impact of civil servant salaries on the performance of local public administration in Kosovo." ILIRIA International Review 2, no. 2 (December 31, 2012): 332. http://dx.doi.org/10.21113/iir.v2i2.158.
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Motivation is defined as the willingness to exert high level of effort to reach organizational goals, conditioned by the ability of these efforts to satisfy some individual needs (Robbis / De Cenze p, 407). As motivating factors are: wage increase in career, workplace safety, work contracts, working conditions, organizational culture, leadership in working organizations, the level of responsibility at work and rewards. All these factors have different scale in motivating employee performance. Based on the theory of many authors in the field of Human Resources, presented in scientific literature, scientific journal articles, reports of international institutions (UNDP, World Bank, Human rights etc.)that explore human resources comes the conclusion that the salary is one of the most important motivating factors for employee performance level.Main problem treated in this research is the salary; salary level, its structure, the methodology of determining the current legal framework does not provide a realistic reflection based on needs and performance-oriented employees, so as it is does not motivates either increase public service quality.This work reflects over presented theoretical part from literature, scientific articles, as well from own experience and the main conclusion is that wage is motivating factors in the performance of civil servants in the public administration in local level.Research questions are; which is unsatisfactory levelwithin worker's salary?, What is the salary structure?, What is actual legal framework?, Is it wage rate based on performance or work time?For this research will be used combined methodology; first collection of the primary, secondary data, and interviews, with the objective to draw scientific conclusions of this research.The purpose of this research is to come out with recommendations for institutions to develop policies, local government, human resource managers, executives managers at all levels, but also for its employees to develop policies, to build structures and apply procedures who will enable management technology to increase the salary management system as a key influential factors for high performance level within public sector in Kosovo.
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Mari-Isabella Stan, Mihaela Rus, and Tanase Tasente. "Young people's perception of the measures taken by the authorities in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic." Technium Social Sciences Journal 7 (May 3, 2020): 18–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.47577/tssj.v7i1.516.
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Transparency is generally defined by political scientists as the principle of allowing the public to obtain information about the operations and structures of a given entity (Etzioni, 2014). Transparency symbolizes a mechanism for promoting good governance and public confidence in a modern and democratic public administration (Jashari and Pepaj, 2018). The theory of open public administration gives the individual a greater role in the adoption of the executive regulations and greater transparency in the operations of the public administration (Bugaric, 2004). A fully transparent administration, either at central level or at local level, involves informing and participating citizens in the decision-making process, becoming an indispensable principle of the rule of law. On the other hand, democratic citizenship involves obtaining information about the problems that affect you and working with others to influence how society will solve those problems (Portelli and Solomon, 2001). The objectives of the study are: (1) Identification of the degree of knowledge of the concept of decision-making transparency in public administration; (2) Analysis of the perception regarding the degree of decision-making transparency and communication of the local and central public administrations in the context of the crisis generated by the Covid-19 pandemic; (3) Analysis of the degree of confidence the crisis management generated by the new Coronavirus by public institutions. The questionnaire, which included 10 items, was applied, on a sample consisting of 200 students and graduates of the Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences - “Ovidius” University of Constanța (Romania, European Union). The period of application of the questionnaire was April 4-10, 2020. Of these, 80.77% are female, and 19.23% are male, with an average age of 27.5 years. Most of the respondents (56.41%) are undergraduate students, and the remaining 43.59% are study participants are graduates or masters of the same Faculty. At the same time, 71.79% of the study participants come from urban areas, and 28.21% from rural areas.
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Vutivoradit, Suebsawad, Keratiwan Kalayanamitra, and Sunhanat Jakkapattarawong. "ADMINISTRATIVE INNOVATION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACIES: CASE STUDY OF THESABAN, PHETCHABUN PROVINCE, THAILAND." EUrASEANs: journal on global socio-economic dynamics, no. 3(16) (June 25, 2019): 25–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.35678/2539-5645.3(16).2019.25-31.
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Thai public sector always described as a highly centralized system, with an inflexible hierarchical structure and high levels of formal relationships channeling its communications through public enterprises and institutions. Even establishing the local administration system as an approach of decentralization, is still highly connected and governed by the central government. On the other hand, innovation in public sector studies and application in last two decades gained much interest from scholars, practitioners and even leaders and policy makers as an approach to enhance public sector efficiency and effectiveness. Accordingly, this study aims to explore innovation in the public sector in Thesaban Mueang Phetchabun Thailand.
It can represent the public sector in Thailand on a larger scale. The study evaluates the laws, structures and dynamics that constitute the framework of the local administration system. Furthermore, it explores the main constraints on innovation within the system. To develop and support the argument, which emerges from the literature review, this study employs qualitative research methods, namely interviews, as a method to collect data from various informants working in and/or with the public sector.
The results of the study indicated that the innovative administration implemented by local administrative organization was distinct and different from each other based on its own main mission. Specifically, while the top-down innovation was implemented by big local administrative organizations. The initiating process comprised three steps. First, there were meetings among involved personnel. After that, there was an attempt to network with external organizations. Finally, there were processes of monitoring and follow-up evaluation as well as the establishment of learning center. Concerning factors in relation to initiating processes, they comprised six factors which included leadership for change, corporate culture, knowledge and competency of practitioners, public participation, supports from external organizations, and social capitals.
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Mishenina, H., and D. Pavlenko. "FEATURES AND PROSPECTS OF AGILE APPLICATION IN THE ACTIVITY OF PUBLIC AUTHORITIES IN TERMS OF UKRAINE’S PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION TRANSFORMATIONS." Vìsnik Sumsʹkogo deržavnogo unìversitetu, no. 4 (2020): 139–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.21272/1817-9215.2020.4-16.
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The article is devoted to the study of conceptual foundations of the Agile management, the need and prospects for implementing its methods in the sphere of public authorities. Systemic shortcomings of traditional governance in public authorities hinder the effective, prompt solution of important tasks of local socio-economic development and the country as a whole, and do not respond quickly to changes in the external environment. Now, during the period of active transformation of social, economic, political systems caused by the COVID 19 pandemic, the speed and quality of digitalization of all processes play a significant role. In the future, such changes will only deepen, covering all areas of socio-economic relations. Emphasis is placed on the processes of reforming the sphere of public administration and local self-government, in particular in terms of digitalization of public administration elements. The analysis of preconditions of active use of flexible methods of management in the public sphere is carried out. The introduction of the Agile technologies to project-oriented structures of public authorities is argued. The essence and practical aspects of effective application of Scrum methodology are considered, and the scheme of its introduction to work of bodies of regional management and local government is offered. The article analyzes the experience of practical application of the Agile approach in the public sector in some countries of the world (such as Great Britain, USA, Australia) and defines the basis for further «State Agile» development in Ukraine. The relevance of further the Agile approach popularization in public administration is confirmed by the need for changes in public-management relations, and prospects for the public digitalization in the following areas such as: development and implementation of a strategy for digital transformation of regions; implementations of digital solutions for increasing the public authorities' efficiency; ensuring electronic interaction between national, regional and local registries; digital democracy development, and so on.
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Ishchenko, M. I., Ye V. Mishchuk, and A. S. Kostenko. "Mechanisms and technologies of public management and administration in the field of partnership of local authority with business structures." States and Regions. Series: Public Administration 3 (2019): 159–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.32840/1813-3401-2019-3-29.
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Jakubowski, Stephen. "Reporting on the Control Structures of Local Government Under the Single Audit Act of 1984." Public Budgeting Finance 15, no. 1 (March 1995): 58–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1540-5850.01031.
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Jagielski, Jacek. "Kolegialność i jednoosobowość w strukturach samorządu terytorialnego." Studia Iuridica, no. 85 (March 15, 2021): 92–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.31338/2544-3135.si.2020-85.7.
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The article deals with the subject of collegiality and monocracy in the structure of local government authorities in Poland. The author begins his considerations with the characteristics of the collegial and monocratic form of organization of administrative organs. It indicates their essence, advantages and disadvantages and the related possibilities of their application in public administration. The next part of the study analyzes the existence of collegial and monocratic forms in the organizational system of local government authorities, which are treated in a broader sense than just as organs of individual local government units. The author indicates collegial and monocratic structures, emphasizing that the former are clearly preferred, and discusses the postulate of extending the monocratic form to all local government executive bodies; also draws attention to the need for a legal solution to the emancipation of monocratic offices of heads of collegial organs towards the separate and independent offices. An important role is played by the presentation and evaluation of various collegial bodies with which local government organs are enclosed. The considerations end with summarizing reflections, in which the timeliness and importance of the issues under consideration is emphasized, along with the listing of the most important issues.
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Buckley, Fiona, and Caroline Hofman. "Women in local government: Moving in from the margins." Administration 63, no. 2 (August 1, 2015): 79–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/admin-2015-0011.
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Abstract This article presents a descriptive overview of women’s participation in the elected and administrative structures of local government in the Republic of Ireland. Drawing on analysis of candidate data and electoral results from the 2014 local elections, it shows that women’s political representation currently stands at just under 21 per cent, a record high for women’s participation in the elected structures of county and city councils. The article evaluates the lessons learned about political parties, gender and candidate recruitment at the 2014 local elections. It argues that the impending introduction of legislative gender quotas at the next general election was the main driving force behind women’s increased participation in these elections. Turning attention to the administrative structures of local authorities, it is revealed that men continue to dominate senior management positions. While increasing numbers of women are accessing senior management roles, gendered barriers remain. The article concludes by reflecting on the future prospects for women’s participation in both the elected and administrative structures of local government in the Republic of Ireland. It recommends an extension of legal gender quotas to local elections and a more proactive gender promotional and mentoring campaign within local government administrative structures.
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Karpiuk, dr hab Mirosław. "Position of County Government in the Security Space." Internal Security 11, no. 1 (October 18, 2019): 147–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.5349.
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Security is a very important human need, which is addressed at all levels of local governance both by the central and local government bodies. As regards local government, the scope of tasks involving the provision of security on the local and regional levels has been adjusted to the capabilities (including financial) of individual local government units. Basic tasks are carried out at the municipal district level, supra-municipal tasks — at the county level, and regional tasks — at the provincial level, except that in the province there is a dualism of administration, meaning that administrative authority is shared between a central government-appointed governor, called the provincial governor, and an elected assembly called the regional council. In the case of the county, security-related tasks, as well as the competences relevant to this area, must be clearly defined in the act. At this level of public administration there is no presumption of competence for the benefit of the county authority. The county council performs the public tasks of a supra-municipal character set out by statute rather than the tasks not reserved for other entities. In order to ensure public order and safety of citizens, as well as fire and flood protection, the legislator authorises the county council to use technical means to record what is happening (CCTV cameras) in the area of public space, with the consent of the area manager or an entity holding a legal title to this area, or on the property and in civil structures constituting the property of the county or organisational units of the county, as well as in the area around such premises and structures, if it is necessary to ensure public order and the safety of citizens or provide fire and flood protection.
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KRIISK, KERSTI. "Distribution of Local Social Services and Territorial Justice: the Case of Estonia." Journal of Social Policy 48, no. 2 (July 24, 2018): 329–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0047279418000508.
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AbstractDistribution of public resources has always been a central issue in public policy. The question of spatial variation in resource allocation as a reflection of differing local conditions is particularly important in decentralised countries with a large number of subunits. On the local level, studies have shown variations in distribution of local welfare but have usually focused on single social policy fields and/or target groups, and often ignored territorial structures. By taking Estonia as a case, this study investigates whether and how the distribution of a range of social services and the structure of disaggregated local social spending corresponds to local socio-demographic conditions. We identify municipal clusters and analyse service provision and social spending on vulnerable groups within them. We use a spatial perspective by taking into consideration the distinction of rural-urban and core-peripheral settings. We show that resource allocation in Estonian municipalities mirrors quite well local socio-demographic structures but the division of municipalities between towns and rural municipalities used in the common discourse of local social policy is too simplified.
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Cheng, Chao Chung, Qi Qiu, and Guan Siou You. "Availability of Professional Construction Management for the Administration of Public Business." Applied Mechanics and Materials 174-177 (May 2012): 2811–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.174-177.2811.
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The short length and rapid flow of rivers in Taiwan lead to vast differences between river reservations and silting. River dredging is a necessary measure to reduce flood damage and prevent secondary disasters from striking residents along riverbanks during flood seasons[1]. The government of Ilan County in Taiwan was the first to perform river dredging projects using public administration (PBA). This approach resulted in strong performance in disaster prevention and increased local sources of income[1]. However, operational mode was adopted by government departments, the efficiency of which is lower than that of government-owned but privately-run organizations. In other words, the PBA method increased governmental revenue; however, it remains unknown whether overall effectiveness was enhanced. A river dredging project commissioned by Hsinchu County incorporated professional construction management (PCM) in addition to PBA to increase operational performance[2]. This study analyzed and compared the two projects. From the aspect of management, river dredging conducted under the PBA method complicates operational management. Commissioning PCM for operations enables the coordination of various interfaces and enhances the progress of construction. PCM teams also serve as the connecting link between owners and contractors through the implementation of multi-layer structures, hierarchical responsibilities, centralized management, mutual supervision, and reduced abuses, enhancing overall project quality.
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Hackett, Sarah E. "The ‘local turn’ in historical perspective: two city case studies in Britain and Germany." International Review of Administrative Sciences 83, no. 2 (December 29, 2015): 340–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020852315592466.
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This article addresses the ‘local turn’ of migration and integration policies in historical perspective in Newcastle upon Tyne and Bremen. It draws upon a wide range of government documentation and offers a comparative assessment of both cities’ policies from the 1960s onwards. It discusses the vertical dimension of policymaking though an exploration of the local governance of migrant integration in relation to the national level. Although Britain and Germany's post-war immigration histories and political structures have often been perceived as contrasting, this article reveals a convergence in these cities’ governments’ approaches to their own local diverse societies. These case studies question the long-term impact of overarching national constitutional structures on city-level migration policies. Findings are framed within the local governance and multi-level governance MLG debates. Points for practitioners European cities are increasingly being recognized for the role they play in devising and implementing their own migration and integration policies. Yet very little is known about the relationship between this ‘local turn’ and multi-level governance (MLG). Practitioners can learn more about cities’ policymaking processes and the extent to which these have been influenced by national agendas, as well as about how research of a historical and cross-country and cross-city nature can inform the on-going policy debate.
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Anttiroiko, Ari-Veikko, and Pekka Valkama. "The role of localism in the development of regional structures in post-war Finland." Public Policy and Administration 32, no. 2 (August 1, 2016): 152–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0952076716658797.
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A perceived need for a wider resource base for territorial governance has initiated a new trend for regionalisation throughout the developed world. Local governments are frequently opposed to such a development. This article presents an institutional analysis of how Finland’s tradition of strong localism has affected the forms, processes, and results of regionalisation. We argue that path dependence in the form of localist influence from the mid-1990s until the mid-2010s led to an incremental development of regional structures. However, circumstances changed in 2015 due to a historical decision by the centre-right government to establish a new tier of elected regional government. This was due to the diminished credibility of localism given the realities of contextual pressures and the government’s attempts to improve efficiency and competitiveness. Eventually, this turn will radically undermine the role of local government as a stronghold of representative localism.
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Buchwald, Evgeniy. "Modern city: the system of local government and support of small and medium-sized businesses." SHS Web of Conferences 116 (2021): 00029. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202111600029.
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The article analyzes issues related to the impact of various reforms in the sphere of Russian self-government on the development of Russian cities, especially in the context of new territorial administration systems. As the initial premises of such reforms, we consider, first of all, the constitutional innovations of 2020, which in one way or another affected the economic and legal foundations of Russian local self-government, in particular, through the approval of a single institution of “public power” in the country. The concept of “public authority” is intended to embody the unity and interaction of state and municipal administration in solving the problems of socio-economic development of territories. Further, in the context of the development of cities and their management systems, the tasks of preparing new “Foundations...” of state policy in the field of local self-government are discussed. Emphasis is placed on the need to strengthen the role of municipal management structures in supporting small business forms. The importance of specifying the place and role of various types of municipalities in the practice of strategic planning is shown.
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Gimžauskas, Edmundas. "Institutions for the Administration of Vilnius at the Beginning of the German Occupation during the First World War." Lithuanian Historical Studies 19, no. 1 (February 20, 2015): 135–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.30965/25386565-01901006.
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The entrenched opinion in historiography is that during the First World War, the German army, after entering the lands belonging to the Russian Empire, created its own occupying administrative structures essentially in an empty space. This also applies to the case of Vilnius. Nevertheless, the diaries and memoirs of witnesses of the events of that time cast doubt on this very entrenched stereotype. Indeed, the entry of the Germans into Vilnius in September 1915 meant radical changes in the development of the city’s administration, but from an administrative point of view, the arriving conquerors did not really find an empty space here. Certain structures, the city magistrate, police and Citizens’ Committee were approved for retention. This was done not at the initiative of the Russian government that carried it out, but of the local public itself. After the Germans marched in, they did not destroy the structures of civil administration they found, but adapted them to meet their own interests. Along with this, they created military structures, leaving civilian rule on the sidelines. As the Germans gradually established themselves, the rudiments of occupation civilian rule, which were drawn from cadres of local Poles, began to emerge. This was associated with the trend the German authorities expressed in the first months of the occupation to link the future of the Vilnius region with Poland. The Poles of Vilnius, dominating in the structures of the civil administration, hoped for a liberal system of government, similar to that of occupied ethnic Poland. However, in the late autumn of 1915, at the initiative of the highest German military command in the East, a special administrative formation, the Oberost, began to be created, which was to become an economic and military colony of Germany. The Vilnius region was also to be part of it. From then on, the creation of the German civil administration began on a purely military basis, with the suppression of the Polish identity and the gradual restriction and pressure on all former local administrative structures, which was fully revealed at the beginning of 1916.
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Kotulski, Mariusz. "Samorząd terytorialny w dwudziestoleciu międzywojennym." Prawo 327 (June 11, 2019): 129–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.19195/0524-4544.327.8.
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Territorial self-government in the interwar periodAmong the challenges of the resurgent Polish state in 1918 was also the construction of its own public administration structure. By taking over the partitioning countries’ different models of administration and territorial self-government with diversified structure and stage of development, it was advisable to adopt an evolutionary method of creating its organizational structure. Therefore, it was based on the existing structures, well-known to local people, modifying them only towards democratization, levelling out differences and achieving certain desirable standards. Therefore, two basic stages in the construction of the territorial self-government of the Second Polish Republic can be distinguished: first, to cause the consolidation act to enter into force and the second subsequent one. And although the merger law of 1933 should be assessed positively as a step allowing for the unification of the territorial self-government structure at the level of the commune gmina and district powiat on a national scale, it was not free from defects. The territorial self-government structures at the provincial level had not been fully established. This was partly due to the lack of a coherent concept of the functioning of local self-government, its place in public administration and its role in the state. The striving for the centralization of the state apparatus after 1926 was visible not only in statutory amendments, but also in laconic regulations of the April constitution concerning local self-government. However, the effort to overcome legal disparities and the economic, cultural, population and national differences that was put into unifying and building the territorial self-government structures in 1918–1939 should be fully appreciated. The significant achievements of the Polish doctrine of the interwar period in the study of territorial self-government and the development of magazines devoted to this subject should also be mentioned.
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Tomkiewicz, Ryszard. "An outline of the role of local government in the territorial administrative system in Poland after 1945." Masuro-Warmian Bulletin 295, no. 1 (April 5, 2017): 95–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.51974/kmw-134988.
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In post–war Poland, there was a specific system of administration in which the structures of the general authority with its representative bodies and the fragmented, temporary, territorial self–government co-existed. The nature of the introduced system became particularly visible after 1950, alongside the strengthening of the ruling body and the realisation of the vision of the “unification of state power” in the field. In essence, local self–government was liquidated. This solution, as it was envisaged, was intended to guarantee the widespread democratisation of public life and the transparency of state governance. In practice, the non–democratic system of local administration ensured, amongst other things, a means of conducting the elections, limited the possibilities for decision–making by local councilors on matters relating to their districts and a lack of financial autonomy of the administration, which was the essence of self–government. The political and administrative supervision of local government bodies operating in the area of national councils was subordinated in an unnatural way to the ruling party. At the same time, the diffusion of the com�petences and activities of the general administration and national councils was not an isolated phenomenon, in practice causing the actions of individual members of the administration to be unclear, slow and ineffective.
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Regulski, J. "Polish Local Government in Transition." Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 7, no. 4 (December 1989): 423–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/c070423.
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Poland is undergoing important political changes. The evolution of legal, political, and financial resources of local government since 1950 is discussed in this paper. In the last section are presented the Solidarity programme and governmental response at the historic ‘Round Table’ talks between the ruling Communist Party and the Polish opposition, which opened the way to the opposition's magnificent victory in the parliamentary elections in June 1989. In 1950 a very centralized organization of the state was imposed. But the postwar history shows expansions and limitations of local government power. These shifts and their causation are analyzed. The poor quality of the urban fabric, the need of social support for the ruling party, and important economic tasks of local government call for decentralization. Its implementation requires overcoming the barriers, which result from resistance by political and bureaucratic structures, bad economic situation, and lack of public interest in local democracy. Recently a decentralization policy is being implemented. Many legal openings have been made, but the political organization is still very centralized. It is argued that a deconcentration of tasks and means cannot be effective without changes in political structures. Therefore Solidarity asks for full self-government at the communal level, but the ruling Party has strong reservations against this.
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Krajewski, Jan. "Partnerstwo publiczno-prywatne a porozumienie administracyjne. Efektywna realizacja zadań własnych administracji publicznej w ujęciu porównań systemowych." Studia Iuridica 76 (January 17, 2019): 244–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0012.8621.
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This publication focuses on defining the legal nature of the constructions of public-private partnership and administrative agreements under different legal systems, with particular emphasis on Polish regulations. Due to complex changes within the concept of public administration, alternative methods of its operation gradually appear. Unification of European legal structures and global socio-economic innovations are an impulse for the analysis of methods that allow adapting to the marketization of public tasks. The aim of the author is to assess the effectiveness of a hybrid forms of public-private partnership and administrative agreement combining the features of private and public law, based on the evaluation of doctrine and jurisprudence. Solutions taken from Polish legal acts on local government and the practice of public institutionsreflect the challenging problem of multilayeredness of obligations undertaken by aforementioned form. Extracting the conclusions from market research and cited government reports allows to formulate postulates de lege ferenda and accurate diagnosis of the activities of modern administration.