Search results for "local democracy"

Mapping Local Democracy in Romania

2016

In East European settings, during transition, local democracy experienced great difficulties in turning from a theoretical model into a functional mechanism. As basis for citizens' political involvement, local democracy can be mapped in various ways. The authors intend to draw a map of local democracy in Romania by focusing on the function and scope of local government (second tier government), the relationship between local and central government, and the outcomes of the recent reform process. The authors intend to evaluate the quality of local democracy by the interactions between elected councilors and citizens. How elected councilors imagine their functions and responsibilities and how …

Council Appointed Mayors in Spain: Effects on Local Democracy

2017

El presente artículo toma en consideración los efectos que el sistema de elección del Alcalde tiene sobre la democracia local, basándose en la consideración cinco aspectos: el sistema electoral y su influencia en la composición política de las administraciones locales; la estructura de la administración local y la distribución de funciones entre los alcaldes y el pleno municipal; el papel de los partidos políticos; los mecanismos de control del ejecutivo local y la participación ciudadana. El estudio subraya especialmente la incidencia que el sistema de elección del alcalde por los concejales tiene en relación con los principios de responsabilidad, legitimidad, transparencia y eficiencia de…

The local appropriation of democracy: an analysis of the municipal elections in Parakou, Republic of Benin, 2002–03

2006

Ever since the ‘democratic renewal’ of 1989–90, Benin has been regarded as a model democracy in the African context. The holding of local elections in 2002–03 can be seen as the culmination of this turn to democracy. Donors attach high expectations to decentralisation and local democracy. Based on an empirical analysis of municipal elections in Parakou, the country's third-largest city, the paper tries to gauge whether these expectations have been realised. The paper argues that while multi-party democracy has been instituted under considerable pressure from the outside, the particular form it has taken derives instead from rationales of national and local politics which go back to the late…

Zasady finansowania współpracy euroregionalnej na przykładzie Euroregionu Silesia

2016

The tasks of the Euroregion Silesia in the pre-accession program Phare CBC were different on both sides of the border and were limited contem- porary rules that force countries not belonging to the community of the EU. After the entry of both countries to the EU and the incorporation of the program INTERREG III A, the activities of the Euroregion as the so-called. Fund Manager of the Micro sometimes codified and today authorities of both parts Euroregion perform tasks in close cooperation with each other. With the Fund may be funded projects in the field of culture, sports, education, education, tourism, the environment, eco- nomic development planning, use of information technologies and o…

Perspectives on accountability in education : local democracy versus national regulation

2017

Regional leadership: a systemic view

2012

Published version of an article in the journal: Systemic Practice and Action Research. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11213-012-9268-2 New innovation and industrial policies contribute to the development of an informal economy and have increased collaborative processes across sectors and social spheres within regions. This paper addresses the role of regional leadership in the informal economy. By themselves, network processes increase complexity and create a series of uncertainties that differ from processes that are steered through the hierarchical procedures of public bureaucracy or regulated through the judicial and competitive mechanisms of the market.…

Digital Communication at the Local Level and Its Impact on The Democratization Process

2015

Pašvaldību autonomija Latvijā administratīvi teritoriālās reformas kontekstā

2019

Maģistra darba "Pašvaldību autonomija Latvijā administratīvi teritoriālās reformas kontekstā" mērķis ir noskaidrot, kā mainījusies vietējo pašvaldību autonomija Latvijā. Uzsākot pētījumu izvirzīta arī hipotēze: vietējo pašvaldību autonomija Latvijā ir samazinājusies. Darba teorētiskā daļā skaidrota vietējās autonomijas un vietējās demokrātijas nozīmē, aprakstīti decentralizācijas, subsidaritātes principi. Veidots Eiropas un Latvijas pašvaldību darba apraksts, pievērošoties centrālās un vietējās pārvaldes un varas attiecībām. Tālāk pētījuma dizains balstīts Vietējās autonomijas indeksa izstrādes metodoloģijā. Analizējot Vietējās autonomijas indeksa rādītājus par situāciju Latvijā kopš 1990. …