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Social Capital, Well-Being and Municipality: Salaspils Municipality (Latvia) Case
2016
Abstract During the last three decades, social capital has gained prominence throughout the social sciences. The concepts has been analysed in various manners (from perspectives of economics, political sciences, sociology, anthropology etc.) providing wide range of theoretical conceptualizations. The aim of paper is to analyse the relation of social capital and possibility to improve the well-being of the municipality’s citizens using co-responsibility approach. In order to achieve the aim, the tasks are formulated as follows: 1) to review theoretical background for concept of social capital and subjective well-being, 2) to analyse the factors of social capital at local level, and 3) to use…
Processi di integrazione e digitalizzazione dei servizi della P.A. orientate al riconoscimento della domanda dei denizenship della popolazione migran…
2023
Il case study analizzato descrive l'esperienza avviata all'interno degli uffici Comune di Palermo dall’equipe pluridisciplinare del progetto FAMI Mi.Main (Migration Mainstreaming), al fine di favorire la denizenship della popolazione migrante. Evidenzia come l'implementazione di servizi di facilitazione della comunicazione interculturale (1) e l’uso di nuovi strumenti di comunicazione digitale (2) hanno concretamente rafforzato la risposta della P.A. alle richieste di cittadinanza della popolazione migrante. The analyzed case study describes the experience started within the Municipality of Palermo offices by the multidisciplinary team of the FAMI Mi.Main (Migration Mainstreaming) project, …
Aproximación al estudio del desarrollo educativo desde los Ayuntamientos y en el contexto español
2018
The article presents the main results of a study whose purpose has been to investigate the educational development of the municipalities through the actions implemented by the City Councils in the Spanish context. It contains the implementation and validation of a proposed model of stages for educational development, which has resulted in the literature review, 17 in-depth interviews, 2 discussion groups, the pilot implementation of the Model in 3 municipalities, and its validation in practice. Open-ended results indicate some key requirements for educational development: contextualized institutional approaches, flexibility of organizational structures, and a relational system open to innov…
Political Patronage in a Small Italian Local Government: An Outcome-Based DPM Approach on Fiduciary Practices
Corruption is “the abuse of public office for personal gain” (World Bank, 1997: 8). Although this definition captures a broad notion of corrupt behaviour, many forms of corruption actually occur in small municipalities each reflecting context-specific features and dynamics. Their impacts are rather evident, but their cause-effects relationships are not always clear, so that tangled issues may ineluctably arise without an apparent explanation. As such, a systemic focus is needed in order to gain an insightful understanding of particular configurations of malfeasance at local level in the attempt to hinder them in the future. The aim of this research project is to explore the dynamic relation…
When even money can't buy - ice sports conditions in Oulu
2013
Tässä tutkimuksessa selvitetään nykyisen jäähallikapasiteetin riittävyyttä. Lisäksi tutkimuksessa selvitetään kuntaliitoksen vaikutusta jäähallien käyttäjiin sekä mahdollisuuksia lisätä ulkokaukaloiden käyttöä nykyisestä. Tutkimuksen kohderyhmänä on jäähallien asiakaskunta, eli urheiluseurat sekä rekisteröitymättömät ryhmät, kuten esimerkiksi työpaikkaryhmät ja puulaakijoukkueet. Perusjoukkona tutkimuksessa ovat kunnallisista jäähalleista ja Raksilan harjoitushallista vuoroja hakeneet tahot sekä harrastesarjoja pelaavat ryhmät (N=149). Tutkimusmenetelmä on survey-tutkimus. Nykyiset jäähalliolosuhteet eivät ole riittävät lasten ja nuorten liikuntaan ja urheiluun. Suurin osa urheiluseuroista …
Hei, me mennään kunnan tilitehtaaseen! : taloushallinnon työn uudelleenorganisoinnin vaikutukset työntekijöiden kokemana
2020
Tämän tutkimuksen kohteena on kuntien taloushallinnon työn uudelleenorganisointi. Erityisenä teemana tarkastelussa on, kuinka laskentatoimen työntekijät tämän muutoksen kokevat ja millaisia vaikutuksia tällä on organisaation sisäiseen työnjakoon? Aihe on erittäin ajankohtainen ja koskee tässä tarkasteltavan kunta-alan lisäksi yhtä lailla myös valtion laitoksia ja yrityksiä. Suomessa monet kunnat ovat lähivuosina keskittäneet tai parhaillaan keskittämässä taloushallinnon työtehtäviä. Samaa kehitystä on tapahtunut monissa suurissa yrityksissä ja mm. yliopistosektorilla on olemassa vastaavia suunnitelmia. This case study examines the reorganization of accounting work into Shared Service …
Important challenges for coordination and inter-municipal cooperation in health care services: a Delphi study
2013
Published version of an article in the journal: BMC Health Services Research. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-451 Open Access Background: Demographical changes have stimulated a coordination reform in the Norwegian health care sector, creating new working practices and extending coordination within and between primary and hospital care, increasing the need for inter-municipal cooperation (IMC). This study aimed to identify challenges to coordination and IMC in the Norwegian health care sector as a basis for further theorizing and managerial advice in this growing area of research and practice. Methods. A Delphi study of consensus development was …
The Role of Municipalities in Promoting Well-Being
2014
The aim of the paper is to research different approaches to researching and promoting the well-being in municipalities. To achieve the aim, such qualitative and quantitative methods of research as comparing, grouping, graphical analysis, focus group methods will be used. The main results and findings of the paper are: the role of municipalities in promoting well-being is increasing contrary to the role of national or regional authorities, due to the autonomous functions of local authorities, intensive informative links and a wide range of available economic and social instruments.
The Assessment of Well-being in Context of Regional Development
2014
The aim of the paper is to present the methodology and results of some empirical research of the assessment of well-being at local level in context of regional development. To achieve the aim, such qualitative and quantitative methods of research as comparing, grouping, graphical analysis and focus group methods were be used. The main result and finding of the paper is the conclusion that in order to promote the regional development of the territory, the assessment of well-being at the level of administrative territory is needed. Based on this assessment, the policy can be developed in order to promote the regional development and social cohesion of the territory, as well as to have better …
German self-governance. Thirty years of constitutional and structural changes in reunified Germany
2022
Local government is one of the most important institutions of a democracy based on the nile of law in Germany. Its position and role were shaped immediately after the end of World War II. This paper aims to present and evaluate tire constitutional and structural changes that have taken place in German local government within the 30years of the post-unification period. The present study is based on the hypothesis that the constitutional and structural changes of German local government in the past 30years have aimed to make its bodies and institutions Work more effectively as well as to strengthen and deepen democracy, thus increasing its impact on the federal government. These changes have …