State and local politics and government
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This draft report deals with urban governance and local democracy in Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Abstrak Sejak terbentuk menjadi provinsi yang mandiri, terpisah dari Jawa Barat, kehidupan politik di Banten ditandai oleh menguatnya gejala dinasti politik atau politik kekerabatan, baik pada tingkat provinsi maupun kabupaten/kota. Pada... more
This article on China’s urbanization examines the main drivers behind China’s urban transformation, its impact on the society and how the impact is unevenly spread across populations and geography. It begins with a brief historical... more
Observaciones sobre la lectura "Para entender los gobiernos estatales en los Estados Unidos Mexicanos", G. Cejudo (2007), NOSTRA, México. 1. Desde el sexenio de Salinas los gobiernos de los estados de la República comenzaron a tornarse... more
Since the end of the American Civil War, scholars have debated the efficacy of various models of community economic development, or CED. Historically, this debate has tracked one of two approaches: place-based models of CED, seeking to... more
This dissertation has analyzed the strategy of the Federal government to coordinate the federative relations in areas of public policy through induction, with the objective to put into context the role of the State Government in this same... more
A description and analysis of the courts in the state of Oklahoma.
This study offers an overview of Inner West Council (IWC) and role as a local democratic entity in NSW including its function and broad values it adds to the community. It is one of twenty councils that was created by NSW State... more
If someone has savagely murdered another human being then it is only fitting that we have them pay the ultimate price. Some might say that it is worse to have them be confined for the rest of their life then to give them an “out”. Jodie... more
EXTENDED ABSTRACT In Ottoman history, it is accepted that there was a period of crisis and adaptation in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, which transformed the state and society in terms of political, social, and economic... more
Istovremeno raspuštanje lokalnog predstavničkog tijela (gradskog ili općinskog vijeća, županijske skupštine) i razrješenja općinskog načelnika, gradonačelnika odnosno župana jedna je od kontraverznih posljedica sustava neposrednog izbora... more
The article discusses barriers in strategic governance of local development characteristic for Polish local governments, i.e. municipalities, which occurred within the first 15 years of the XXI century. These barriers were identified in... more
The first chapter of the EJTF report provides context for what environmental justice (EJ) is, how to build on existing EJ work in Washington, and why state government must prioritize addressing EJ issues and environmental health... more
In the end I just cannot see why the government would need to get involved in such a basic factor of the private sector. Why does the court have to regulate capitalism?
This article considers the institutional and environmental factors that influence the degree of countermajoritarian judicial activism among state supreme courts. In our analysis, we consider two indicators of such activism: the tendency... more
The question of how the American political process shapes inequality remains unsettled. While recent studies break ground by linking inequality to political institutions, much of this work focuses on national-level income inequality. The... more
With better management of public finances and helped by the non-tax revenue from newly discovered oilfields, Rajasthan's economy is surging ahead, shedding its ignominious BIMARU tag of the past.
La creación y la transformación política de la Comunidad de Madrid hasta el año 2013
Bogaram, a village in present day Telangana, which is studied in this Policy Watch for the socio-economic impact of liberalisation on a rural community, was initially the subject of the author’s research in 19961. This Policy Watch is... more
In this review essay, I extract information from two recent additions to the academic literature on sustainable communities about what public officials should know about the meaning of sustainability and what they can learn from the... more
Using research on the initiative as a point of comparison, we consider how frequently and for what ends state legislators use the referendum. Akin to initiative use, we find that legislators are constrained by procedural hurdles in their... more
American federalism has proceeded by fits and starts. There have been periods in which states have exercised dominance and other times when the national government has prevailed. Various explanatory models of federalism have been... more
Tax and expenditure limitations (TELs) are designed to restrict growth in state government by limiting the amount of money a legislature may spend or tax. From 1978 to 1996, 22 states adopted formal limits on annual growth in state... more
In this article we look at the pattern of interest group engagement in direct democracy elections. Using a socialnetwork analysis of campaign contributions we examine whether or not patterns of group conflict conform toa stable split... more
We examine the origins of direct democracy in the American states and assess how direct democracy has affected American political parties. We find adoption of the most directly democratic forms of the initiative in states where Populist... more
this article discusses how state administrators of agencies facing the prospect of sunset review might deal with the sunset review process. Much of the discussion draws from the practice of sunset review in Texas
A majority of students don't know, or appear to care, about their own country's system of governance. When tested, high school and college graduates alike do very poorly in answering basic questions regarding American democratic... more
There is maib discussion about development work of the UP government and their prosperous last budget.