Critical Issues in the Internal Management of the Local Government System in Nigeria

F. A. Ojugbeli; Ojoh James

doi:10.12816/0011196

Prepare for Impact? Reflecting on Knowledge Exchange Work to Improve Services for Older LGBT People in Times of Austerity

Social Policy and Society ◽

10.1017/s1474746413000523 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 15-27 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Andrew King

Keyword(s):

Local Government ◽

Knowledge Exchange ◽

Future Research ◽

Local Government Authority ◽

Critical Issues ◽

Economic Austerity ◽

Lgbt People ◽

Government Authority

This article reflects on the experience of undertaking a knowledge exchange project with a local government authority to improve services for older lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) adults. It frames this project in terms of local government equality work, existing research and initiatives concerning older LGBT people and the coming of austerity. The project methodology is detailed, including discussion of the generation and measurement of impact. Some critical issues that arose during the project are considered, including suggestions that these may have been related to economic austerity. The article concludes that although knowledge exchange work with older LGBT people faces challenges in such times, future research and initiatives are warranted.

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Critical issues in local government and information technology

Computers Environment and Urban Systems ◽

10.1016/0198-9715(85)90003-1 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 3-4

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Local Government ◽

Critical Issues

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“What the Organization Has”: An Investigation of Situational Aspects of Safety Culture of Road Traffic Organization Using a Macroergonomic Approach

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting ◽

10.1177/1071181320641194 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 64 (1) ◽

pp. 836-840

Author(s):

Andrijanto ◽

Itoh Makoto ◽

Pangaribuan Alphared Gabariel

Keyword(s):

Local Government ◽

Safety Culture ◽

Road Traffic ◽

System Level ◽

Government Organization ◽

Registration Procedure ◽

Critical Issues ◽

Culture Development ◽

Traffic Organization

This research applied a reciprocal model to investigate the safety culture of road traffic organizations for motorcyclists’ safety. By focusing on the situational aspects, we applied the four steps of the macroergonomic approach to analyze a local government organization in Indonesia. We identified some weak elements of safety culture embedded in the sub-system level of the organization. The absence of proper education of motorcyclist candidates has led to failures in developing their skills and knowledge. In addition, we found that the existence of the item “if any” in the licensing registration procedure weakened the understanding of the importance of learning. Investigation of situational aspects revealed some critical issues regarding safety culture development by road traffic organizations.

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Partnership inside Governance Spaces: the case of the Municipal Development Forum of Igarapé-Açú, Pará, Amazonia

Cadernos EBAPE BR ◽

10.1590/1679-395158473 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 720-735 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mário Vasconcellos Sobrinho ◽

Marco Antonio Carvalho Teixeira

Keyword(s):

Local Government ◽

Institutional Environment ◽

Local Development ◽

Historical Context ◽

Political Conflict ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

North East ◽

Critical Issues ◽

Municipal Development

Abstract This paper discusses how partnership between local organisations and Government inside governance spaces affects local development. The aim is to raise some critical issues about the concept of partnership and about partnership effectively for municipal development. Thus, the article uses partnership as its central theory. Specifically, it explores to what extent partnership is an effective strategy for local development in areas of historical conflict between local Government and local organisations in Pará State, Brazilian Amazonia. It focuses particularly on the municipality of Igarapé-Açú, located in north-east of Pará State. Igarapé-Açú was chosen because it is a singular case of local organisations and Government partnership since 2008 when a governance space was created to carry out a partnership process called Municipal Development Forum (MDF). Methodologically, the case study was carried out from a qualitative analysis with data gathered from documents and semi-structured interviews with key-informants. The paper shows that the great challenge to build partnerships between local Government and local organisations is not in these actors capacity to represent the state and civil society in a governance forum, but in their capacity to change the local institutional environment to enable this forum to propose changes in terms of rural development. The paper shows that institutional change does not happen rapidly; changes depend on a particular historical context. In conclusion, the case of Igarapé-Açú shows that in an environment where there is great political conflict much time is needed to create links between the rural actors.

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