scholarly journals Frontline: Interrogating power and disrupting the discourse about Onslow and the gas hubs

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
Kayt Davies ◽  
Karma Barndon
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
The State ◽  
State And Local ◽  
The Town

When government statements talk about a secret deal with a multinational consortium that will see more than A$250 million spent on a town with a population of around 1000 people, questions need to be asked. Basic maths equates the spend to around A$250,000 a person and yet many people in the town are unhappy about the whole deal. Tracking Onslow was a collaboration between a university and a local government that used journalism as a methodology to document and interrogate the interaction between Chevron, the state and local governments and the Onslow community over a three-year period. This article focuses on the production of the lead feature of the final edition. It presents the published article and a reflexive exegesis that uses Foucault’s ideas about power and knowledge to frame and evaluate the journalistic endeavour.

Pastoralism, Ethnicity, and Subnational Conflict Resolution in the Middle Belt

2018 ◽  
pp. 678-696
Author(s):  
Laura Thaut Vinson
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
The State ◽  
The Past ◽  
Material Costs ◽  
State And Local Government ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Subnational Conflict

This chapter explores the problem of rising pastoralist–farmer and ethnic (religious and tribal) violence in the pluralistic Middle Belt region of Nigeria over the past thirty to forty years. In particular, it highlights the underlying issues and conflicts associated with these different categories of communal intergroup violence, the human and material costs of such conflict, and the broader implications for the Nigerian state. The federal government, states, local governments. and communities have not been passive in addressing the considerable challenges associated with preventing and resolving such conflicts. It is clear, however, that they face significant hurdles in resolving the underlying grievances and drivers of conflict, and their efforts have not always furthered the cause of conflict resolution and peacebuilding. Greater attention to patterns of inclusion and exclusion and to the allocation of rights and resources will be necessary, particularly at the state and local government levels, to create a more stable and peaceful Middle Belt.

The problem of the fiscal common-pool: is there an overlap effect on state and local debt?

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-157
Author(s):  
Yu Shi ◽  
Rebecca Hendrick
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Government Debt ◽  
The State ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Common Pool ◽  
Total Debt ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Debt Levels

PurposeThe objective of the study is to determine if an over-borrowing bias emerges when the state fiscal base is shared by multiple general-purpose and special-purpose jurisdictions serving different groups of citizens.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses panel data from all 50 states in the US from 1997 to 2007 to estimate models of total debt levels of state governments and total debt levels of all local governments aggregated at the state level. For comparison, it also estimates total debt levels of state and local governments taken together for the same years.FindingsThis study finds that jurisdictional overlap will increase state government debt, local government debt, as well as combined state and local government debt.Originality/valueThe finding from the study suggests that the fiscal common-pool model provides a more accurate analysis and more appropriate understanding of the institutional composition at the state and local public sector, especially for the vertical dimension of the local public sector where there are more specialized and overlapping jurisdictions.

scholarly journals THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF THE PHENOMENON «TERRITORIAL COMMUNITY»: CONCEPTS AND FEATURES

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1(86)) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetiana Sakhno
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Level ◽  
The State ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
State And Local

European integration processes and their intensity have given the impetus to the decentralization of power in Ukraine, which are considered to be one of the most successful reforms at the present stage of the country development. The redistribution of power and resources between the state and local governments involves systemic tools usage in regulating the socio-economic space and achieving macroeconomic stability of territories and the state in general. European models and modern approaches to municipal governance, the development of local democracy were the basis for changes in the territorial organization of power. In the system of local self-government of Ukraine, the key-place belongs to territorial communities that are the subjects of public authority, the primary bearers of functions and powers at the local level. The territorial community is a powerful lever in stimulating the economic activity of the territory through strategic planning of domestic development aimed to improve the economy, living standards and welfare of citizens, meeting the interests, needs, rights and freedoms of man. Strengthening the role of the territorial community, as a guarantor in ensuring the organization of its own life, requires theoretical understanding and study of the essence of this concept as a socio-economic the phenomenon of local government. The article considers the characteristic features of territorial communities in the general theoretical and methodological aspect. A review of scientific approaches to defining the concept of "territorial community" by foreign and Ukrainian researchers through the local government prism, which is relevant at the present stage of socio-economic growth, was conducted. Theoretical aspects of this phenomenon essence in the process of theory and approach development by highlighting the community characteristics are pointed out. A systematic analysis of theoretical discussions of classification features and scientific approaches is conducted. The peculiarities of the concept of "territorial community" as a political, social and economic phenomenon of local self-government are investigated. Based on various foreign and domestic researches on this question, the own conceptual approach on definite characteristic criteria is formed.

Spatial and Institutional Analysis of the Voivodships Expenditure on Culture in the Years 2003 – 2015

e-Finanse ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 67-75
Author(s):  
Adam Mateusz Suchecki
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Institutional Analysis ◽  
The State ◽  
Cultural Institutions ◽  
Location Quotient ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
National Heritage

AbstractFollowing the completion of the process of decentralisation of public administration in Poland in 2003, a number of tasks implemented previously by the state authorities were transferred to the local level. One of the most significant changes to the financing and management methods of the local authorities was the transfer of tasks related to culture and national heritage to the set of tasks implemented by local governments. As a result of the decentralisation process, the local government units in Poland were given significant autonomy in determining the purposes of their budgetary expenditures on culture. At the same time, they were obliged to cover these expenses from their own revenues.This paper focuses on the analysis of expenditures on culture covered by the voivodship budgets, taking into consideration the structure of cultural institutions by their types, between 2003-2015. The location quotient (LQ) was applied to two selected years (2006 and 2015) to illustrate the diversity of expenditures on culture in individual voivodships.

Combating Problems in Teaching State and Local Government

1981 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 19-20
Author(s):  
Mary H. Waite
Keyword(s):  
Community Colleges ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
The State ◽  
State And Local Government ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Science Instructors

Because many political science instructors come from another region or state; they feel insufficiently informed in teaching about the state and local government wherein they presently reside. Consequently, instructors generalize about these governments. Yet in many public universities and community colleges, students find the politics in their area pertinent and care less for comparative analysis. In truth, the students probably have a valid point, since the majority will reside in the state where they are attending college.

Surveys of State Administrative Organization: Iowa and Wyoming

1934 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 481-488
Author(s):  
Kirk H. Porter
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
The State ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Administrative Organization ◽  
State And Local Government ◽  
Government Research ◽  
State And Local

Largely in response to the urgings of the newly elected Democratic governor of Iowa, Clyde L. Herring, the forty-fifth general assembly early in its session passed the necessary legislation to make possible a survey of state and local government in Iowa by the Brookings Institute for Government Research. The survey was begun early in February, 1933; and by the end of July, it was possible to file the report with the interim committee of the legislature which had the matter in hand. This report was published by the state in January, 1934, as a paper-covered volume of 650 closely printed pages.

scholarly journals Valsts un pašvaldības kompetence sabiedriskās kārtības nodrošināšanā publiskos pasākumos

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-34
Author(s):  
Kristīne Kuzņecova
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
The State ◽  
Public Order ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Public Events ◽  
Police Powers ◽  
State And Local Government ◽  
Municipal Police ◽  
State And Local

Arvien aktuālāki kļūst jautājumi par valsts un pašvaldības institūciju kompetenci sabiedriskās kārtības un drošības garantēšanā publisku pasākumu laikā. Tiesību aizsardzības iestādēm viens no svarīgākajiem uzdevumiem ir sabiedriskās kārtības un drošības garantēšana šo pasākumu norises vietās. Lai arī būtiska loma tās nodrošināšanā ir atvēlēta pašvaldību institūcijām (pašvaldības policija šobrīd ir viens no nozīmīgākajiem Valsts policijas sadarbības partneriem policijas funkciju pildīšanā), praksē novērojamas vairākas problēmas. Pirmkārt, vai valsts un pašvaldības policijas iestādēm ir pietiekami materiāltehniskie un cilvēkresursi, lai garantētu sabiedrisko kārtību liela mēroga (arī paaugstināta riska) publiskos pasākumos? Otrkārt, vai šo iestāžu darbinieki publisku pasākumu laikā izmanto samērīgus tiesiskos līdzekļus, lai vērstos pret sabiedriskās kārtības pārkāpējiem? Issues affecting the state and local government institution competence in public order and security maintaining in public events is becoming increasingly crucial. One of the most important tasks of the law enforcement agencies is guaranteeing public order and security. Although the crucial role in guaranteeing is devoted to local government bodies, where municipal police institute is currently one of the most important partners of the State Police in police powers provision, in practice are turning out a number of problems. First, whether the state and municipal police authorities have sufficient logistical and human resources to ensure public order in large-scale (and sensitive) public events. Second, whether the enforcement officers during public events use proportionate legal means to crack down violators of public order.

Ocena skutków regulacji zawartych w poselskim projekcie ustawy o podatku od niektórych usług cyfrowych i Funduszu Technologii Cyfrowych

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (70) ◽  
pp. 202-212
Author(s):  
Jacek Kulicki
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Income Tax ◽  
The State ◽  
Tax Base ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Tax Revenues ◽  
Digital Services ◽  
State And Local Government ◽  
State And Local

In the opinion of the author, doubts are raised as to the manner of determining the scope of the tax and the tax base by relating these elements of the tax to the so-called significant digital presence of the digital sector enterprise in the territory of Poland. The amount of the tax rate (7%) also raises doubts. The introduction of a tax on certain digital services may also be associated with a decrease in income tax revenues of the state and local government budgets.

Inter-Governmental Relations in the Provision of Local E-Services

2011 ◽  
pp. 1120-1124
Author(s):  
R. Kelso
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
The State ◽  
Federal State ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Political Commentary ◽  
Commonwealth Government ◽  
State And Local

Australia is a nation of 20 million citizens occupying approximately the same land mass as the continental U.S. More than 80% of the population lives in the state capitals where the majority of state and federal government offices and employees are based. The heavily populated areas on the Eastern seaboard, including all of the six state capitals have advanced ICT capability and infrastructure and Australians readily adopt new technologies. However, there is recognition of a digital divide which corresponds with the “great dividing” mountain range separating the sparsely populated arid interior from the populated coastal regions (Trebeck, 2000). A common theme in political commentary is that Australians are “over-governed” with three levels of government, federal, state, and local. Many of the citizens living in isolated regions would say “over-governed” and “underserviced.” Most of the state and local governments, “… have experienced difficulties in managing the relative dis-economies of scale associated with their small and often scattered populations.” Rural and isolated regions are the first to suffer cutbacks in government services in periods of economic stringency. (O’Faircheallaigh, Wanna, & Weller, 1999, p. 98). Australia has, in addition to the Commonwealth government in Canberra, two territory governments, six state governments, and about 700 local governments. All three levels of government, federal, state, and local, have employed ICTs to address the “tyranny of distance” (Blainey, 1967), a term modified and used for nearly 40 years to describe the isolation and disadvantage experienced by residents in remote and regional Australia. While the three levels of Australian governments have been working co-operatively since federation in 1901 with the federal government progressively increasing its power over that time, their agencies and departments generally maintain high levels of separation; the Queensland Government Agent Program is the exception.

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