...David J Helpap Corresponding author: Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Drive, Green Bay, WI 54311, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Results indicate significant support for additional state assistance among public officials in rural local governments...

... information determine issue prioritization decisions of political and managerial decision-makers in different ways. We empirically examine issue prioritization decisions in road maintenance and primary school education using a discrete choice experiment among 2,313 local government officials. The experiment...

...Hulya Dagdeviren local governments austerity urbanism debt Covid-19 Britain The Covid-19 pandemic, following the austerity programmes of varying intensity in the aftermath of the global financial crisis (GFC), exacerbated the pressures on local governments in advanced capitalist economies...

... for Hungary’s Fidesz party to disarm opposition parties via cutting off resources of municipalities led by opposition mayors and eliminating any remnants of local governments’ fiscal autonomy. Analysing original data from government decrees on local transfers, this study contributes to the existing literature...

.... Abstract Background The involvement of local governments in physical activity (PA) promotion represents a key factor to drive change at grassroots level, based on identified specific needs and solutions, tailored to each local context (needs, resources, etc.). The aim of LoGoPAS, Erasmus + Sport co...

... ( Aitken, 2010 ), spatial polarisation through financialisation ( Walks, 2014 , 2016 ) and local origins of the global financial crisis ( Martin, 2011 ). Research on urban development and local governance has been more prolific in demonstrating financialisation within states. For the USA, Peck (2012...

...Chen Zhao; Feng Feng; Yuee Chen; Xingteng Li regional innovation efficiency local governments fiscal federalism competition cooperation decentralization super-efficiency DEA China National Natural Science Foundation of China 10.13039/501100001809 grant number 71874173 Foundation...

... to analyse Brazil and Canada to understand the implications of intergovernmental relations, particularly the role of local governments in settlement and integration policies. The analysis of documents and in-depth interviews highlights that, although Canada is highly decentralized, the federal government has...

... the Energy Transition for Green Growth Law. This law contains ambitious qualitative and quantitative targets to be implemented by 2030. In line with what literature has shown, an important share of the success of this energy and climate policy relies on local governments. The law, which was adopted...

... for a discrete choice model setting. Local governments cooperation control function approach panel data H2 H4 H7 C3 This article is organised as follows. Section 2 discusses the conditions for voluntary cooperation among local governments. Section 3 presents the French institutional context...

... on European nations ( Brenner, 2004 , 2009 ; Buchs, 2009 ). Relative to most European nations, local governments in the USA have had greater autonomy, and spatial Keynesianism in terms of federal interest in reducing regional inequality was minimal ( Cox, 2009 ). This creates a context in which policy...

... the administration of its localities which made the local governments more responsive to the urgency arising within that locality. China has undergone a number of correct reforms initiated by Mao Zedong and Deng Xiao Ping as well. Centrally Planned Economies CPEs Chile Nolan P structural reform China Kornai J...

...This chapter discusses the deployment and use of information technology in state, county, and local governments. Public sector managers and users enjoyed the same benefits and similar challenges in using the digital hand as those in many industries. They also avoided many of the difficulties faced...

... the realm of electoral administration. The chapter asks what role local governments and quasi-public entities like political parties should have in administering elections. Bensel Richard Election Day polling places convenience voting electoral administration internet voting 2020 election voting...

...This chapter considers each state-level legal factor—constitutions, statutes, and judicial interpretations—within the Marcellus region. It also takes a look at their impacts on local governments' shale oil- and gas-related decision-making. Local governments may be limited by their state...

...This chapter looks at the response to the fiscal emergency in Orange County. It shows how the county government reshaped itself to overcome its fragmentation and how scores of local governments managed to work together despite their local orientation. The public's reaction to the ongoing fiscal...

...There were many people calling for local government reforms in response to the Orange County bankruptcy. Their ideas were drawn from perceptions of the causes of the fiscal crisis, complaints about county officials' responses to the fiscal emergency, and a recognition of the fiscal limitations...

...This chapter discusses the Italian crusade against malaria in 1904, which involved a close partnership among the state, local governments, and the medical profession. The central government purchased quinine wholesale on the international market, packaged it in tablets at its factory in Turin...

...In the winter of 1849–1850 there was a surge of French immigration into California. Whatever their reservations about the character of California society and its confusing systems of local governments (down to individual mining camps), by the end of 1850, French observers of all political...

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