Recent Developments and Debates in Local Governments in India

2003 ◽  
pp. 45-63
Author(s):  
Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Recent Developments

Guns on Campus: Surveying a rugged post-Heller/ McDonald landscape

2013 ◽  
Vol 45 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 77-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leif Magne Lervik
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Colleges ◽  
Concealed Weapons ◽  
Second Amendment ◽  
Academic History ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Public Colleges And Universities ◽  
The Right ◽  
The U.S

In June 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees an individual the right to keep and bear arms. Two years later, this decision was also made applicable to state and local governments. Today, seven U.S. states have provisions allowing the carrying of concealed weapons on their public senior high school campuses. This article, introduced by a brief comment on the Second Amendment’s legal and academic history, traces several recent developments of legal change. It discusses relevant arguments and attitudes towards guns on campus, and explores issues of future concern for public colleges and universities within the realm of firearms and campus safety.

State and Local Opportunities in Environmental Policy: Cleaning up the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers

1997 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Troy D. Abel ◽  
J. Thomas Hennessey
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
State And Local Government ◽  
State And Local ◽  
National Environmental

Since 1970, much of state and local activity in environmental protection involved implementing or enforcing national mandates. Recent developments in the United States suggest that some subnational jurisdictions have taken and are taking significant steps to address local environmental problems within, and beyond, national mandates. This suggests that there may be opportunities for state and local governments to address emerging local environmental policy issues. With any opportunity to address emerging local environmental policy issues is the question, Can state and local governments effectively implement new strategies to address emerging environmental issues? This article examines two cases where state and local governments have taken and are taking a prominent role in addressing water quality problems. The cases, although different in time and focus, argue that state and local governments can, and have, provided leadership on such issues. Much of the early effort to push for national environmental mandates was based on the assumption that state and local governments were incapable of addressing the environmental challenges facing them. The two cases presented in this article suggest that more than national mandates are required to overcome local limits. Among the required components for successful state and local government efforts suggested by these cases are experimentation, innovative combinations of public and private organizations at the local and state levels, and flexible federal support for local action.

scholarly journals Predictors, Determinant Groups, and Participatory Budgeting

2021 ◽  
pp. 186-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maja Klun ◽  
Jože Benčina
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Participatory Budgeting ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Finance Management ◽  
Local Resources ◽  
Recent Developments

Recent developments in local public finance management in Slovenia indicate the local governments’ growing interest in introducing participatory budgeting as a decision-making tool, wherein part of local resources are used with citizen participation. Usually, the literature on participation budgeting analyses its effects, but our main research objective was to analyze the possible determinants influencing its implementation. The influence of political factors, sociodemographic factors, economic factors, and the capability of municipalities are examined here using binary logistic regression to predict a dichotomous dependent variable from a set of predictor variables. In binary logistic regression, predictable variables are the probability of one category being chosen. In this case, the authors calculated the probability that a municipality, described by selected prediction variables, would implement a participatory budget. The results of the analysis suggest six indicators that impact the probability of participatory budgeting adoption, proving the influence of four determinants on the decision to adopt such a measure.

Local Government and Governance in Mexico

2016 ◽  
pp. 323-348
Author(s):  
Francisco Javier Porras-Sanchez
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Constitutional Amendment ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Local Actors

After the 1983 constitutional amendment, which devolved public services to local governments, Mexican municipalities have been studied extensively. Much of this literature has focused on the consolidation of local policy sectors, professionalisation, and administrative innovation. These matters share a concern on self-government, traditionally considered as the constitutional ideal for the municipality. More recent developments, however, have focused on the growth of citizens' and inter-organisational networks, and over its influence in the production of horizontal interactions amongst local actors. Although the evidence suggests that these networks are mostly subordinated to governability objectives, a certain shift from government to governance can be argued. This chapter proposes that both approaches, the traditional government one and the governance one, are necessary in order to understand the multiplicity of municipal conditions in Mexico. This is especially relevant for generating differentiated accounts of local governance with a reach beyond the usual legal definitions.

Determinants of Bifurcated Local Government Reporting Lag: The Potential for XBRL to Improve Timeliness

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon N. Sohl ◽  
Tammy R. Waymire ◽  
Thomas Z. Webb
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Financial Information ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Audit Report ◽  
Audit Process ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Audit Firm ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Release Of Information ◽  
Pdf Format

ABSTRACT Government financial reports are often released six months or more after the reporting government's fiscal year-end, and this lag limits usefulness. In a sample of 1,693 Illinois local governments, we examine the determinants of total reporting lag, bifurcating it into two distinct components: (1) audit report lag (ARL), i.e., fiscal year-end to the audit report date, and (2) regulatory reporting lag (RRL), i.e., the audit report date to submission with the State of Illinois Office of the Comptroller. These governments are required to provide regulatory filings in both PDF format and as digital financial information within 180 days of fiscal year-end. We find that prior year ARL is the biggest determinant of current year ARL and that audit firm expertise is associated with shorter ARL. In contrast, audit firm expertise is associated with longer RRL, as is slack, i.e., the number of days left in the 180-day reporting window, suggesting that balancing the demands of multiple government clients is a factor in filing time. Given recent developments in government reporting taxonomies, XBRL is well positioned as a tool to eliminate the RRL by automating the post-audit process, resulting in the timelier release of information in a consumable format to external users.

scholarly journals Commonwealth Local Government Forum’s support of Local Councils Associations in Pakistan

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noor Akbar
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Local Council ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Development Outcomes ◽  
Effective Development

After a brief overview of the recent developments in the legal framework for local government in Pakistan, this paper summarises the objectives and activities to date of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum’s project ‘Strengthening the Associations of Local Governments and their Members for Enhanced Governance and Effective Development Outcomes in Pakistan’. The project seeks to strengthen local democracy and good governance through the local council associations in the four provinces of Pakistan: Baluchistan, Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The project seeks to support local government to deal with the unique challenges of inclusive representation and equitable and effective service delivery. Building on the recently promulgated provincial local government acts, the project aims to strengthen the capacity of the local councils’ associations to raise the voice of local government and ensure they are able to play their appointed developmental role at the local level.  The project main components are to strengthen how the local council associations actively provide services to their members and advocate for the betterment of local government in Pakistan and pilot the territorial approach to local development (TALD) so as to align the general methodology to the Pakistan context.

Local Government and Governance in Mexico

2020 ◽  
pp. 1508-1533
Author(s):  
Francisco Javier Porras-Sanchez
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Constitutional Amendment ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Local Actors

After the 1983 constitutional amendment, which devolved public services to local governments, Mexican municipalities have been studied extensively. Much of this literature has focused on the consolidation of local policy sectors, professionalisation, and administrative innovation. These matters share a concern on self-government, traditionally considered as the constitutional ideal for the municipality. More recent developments, however, have focused on the growth of citizens' and inter-organisational networks, and over its influence in the production of horizontal interactions amongst local actors. Although the evidence suggests that these networks are mostly subordinated to governability objectives, a certain shift from government to governance can be argued. This chapter proposes that both approaches, the traditional government one and the governance one, are necessary in order to understand the multiplicity of municipal conditions in Mexico. This is especially relevant for generating differentiated accounts of local governance with a reach beyond the usual legal definitions.

Real-Time Eruption Magnitude Estimation from Far-Field Geodetic Data: A Proposal for Volcanic Early Warning

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 252-260
Author(s):  
Hiroaki Takahashi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Quantitative Information ◽  
Disaster Mitigation ◽  
Maximum Magnitude ◽  
Far Field ◽  
Magma Reservoirs ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Strategy I ◽  
Eruption Magnitude

Recent developments in dense geodetic observation of volcanoes have enabled us to handle data in real-time. Monitoring agencies detect volcano unrest using numerous instruments and quickly broadcast volcanic activity alerts but based on little quantitative information. Residents on volcanoes seek predictive, practical, and reliable alerts including place, time, and magnitude directly linked to disaster mitigation activities. A strategy I proposed in this study answers the question of the magnitude of a foreseen eruption. Far-field displacements by geodetic instruments provide the signals of deflating magma reservoirs, and may give predictive maximum magnitude Mvpof a looming eruption. This may play an important role in antidisaster measures because it is the parameter most determinate for evacuation. Continuous monitoring of Mvpmay also yield valuable information for judging the termination of an eruption because its stagnation indicates magma feeding disconnection from reservoir to shallower part. I believe that predictive volcanic early warnings with quantitative Mvpcan provide truly effective, practical information to residents and local governments potentially affected by active volcanoes.

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