How does local government mobilize social networks? The micro political economy of microfinance in rural Yunnan

2010 ◽  
pp. 116-144
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Political Economy ◽  
Local Government

Compound Relationships between Firms

2007 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 108-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
William T. Ross ◽  
Diana C. Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Political Economy ◽  
Exchange Theory ◽  
The Political ◽  
Dyadic Relationships ◽  
Interorganizational Relationship

In this article, the authors introduce the idea of a compound relationship; that is, for many pairs of firms, the overall relationship between the two firms is composed of multiple simple relationships: supplier to customer, and vice versa; competitor to competitor; and partners. This multiplicity of relationships can lead to both opportunities and challenges for each of the two firms in the dyad. The authors define the nature of compound relationships and delineate why it is important for the firm to treat them as such rather than focusing only on the simple relationships. They distinguish compound relationships from social networks and simple dyadic relationships and relate the construct to exchange theory, “coopetition,” and the interorganizational relationship literature in marketing. They then use the political economy framework to develop a set of conceptual propositions that apply to many aspects of compound relationships. They end with some speculations regarding the appropriate management of compound relationships and propose opportunities for further research.

Performing Development

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah C. M. Bulloch
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Local Government ◽  
International Development ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Parallel Structures ◽  
The Status ◽  
Political Economy Of Development ◽  
Development Initiatives

This chapter focuses on development as a “civic project.” It explores local symbols of orchestrated community-wide development, including infrastructure, ceremony and signage. The chapter argues that a defining feature of such symbols is a concern with development as a performative display. Tied as they are to clientelist politics, local government-led development initiatives are largely about “branding” both projects and people in their patron’s name, (re)producing webs of utang kabubut-on(debt of obligation), intended to reinforce the status quo. Entangled in this local political economy of development, are international bilateral and multilateral agencies, equipped with the latest international development orthodoxy and a remit to work in “partnership” with the local government. The incommensurability of these approaches is revealed when “partnership” morphs into a system of largely separate and parallel structures for implementing local development.

Leisure, Surveillance, and the Private Sector in India

2019 ◽  
pp. 67-98
Author(s):  
Pradip Ninan Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Political Economy ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
The Political ◽  
Double Movement

This chapter furthers the exploration of surveillance in India against the background of the Snowden revelations and WikiLeaks by focusing specifically on the role played by the private sector in the extension of surveillance, often through public–private partnerships. It explores the political economy of the surveillance industries in India against the power of ‘code’ and ‘algorithmic power’. It highlights the role played by transnational search and social networks such as Google and Facebook, and the nature of the power to control affective behaviour. It also deals with the use of code in India’s leisure industries and illustrates Polanyi’s ‘double movement’ in the use of code by communities in India as an expression of its democratization.

Political Economy of Fiscal Equalization: The Case of Croatia

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anto Bajo ◽  
Marko Primorac
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Income Tax ◽  
Central Government ◽  
The Political ◽  
Mountainous Areas ◽  
Fiscal Equalization ◽  
Political Alignment ◽  
Fiscal Equalization System ◽  
The Relationship

Due to ineffectiveness in mitigating fiscal inequalities, Croatian fiscal equalization system has recently been reformed. Before that, criteria for application of fiscal equalization instruments were based on a status of local government units in areas of special national concern and hill and mountainous areas. The aim of this paper is to examine the relationship between the use of equalization instruments and political structure of local government units in 2010. The research revealed a statistically significant relationship between the political alignment of local and central government and the preferential status at areas of special national concern and the distribution of grants through the income tax return.

THE PATH IS EASY AND THE BENEFITS LARGE: THE NĀS˙IRIYYA, SOCIAL NETWORKS AND ECONOMIC CHANGE IN MOROCCO, 1640–1830

2002 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID P. V. GUTELIUS
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Political Economy ◽  
International Trade ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Social Strategies ◽  
Leaders And Followers

This essay traces economic and social change in early modern Morocco from the perspective of the leaders and followers of the Nās˙iriyya, one of the largest sufi orders in North Africa. It suggests that people's social strategies for gaining access to productive resources acted as an important locus of change. Donations to the order provided clients access to mediation, protection, enforcement, credit, supernatural power and political influence, but also made them increasingly dependent on Nās˙iri leaders. Major shifts in Morocco's political economy, however, refocused strategies of resource access and social mobility. Growing international trade encouraged commercialization, specialization and competition between groups for access to markets, political favors and tax breaks.

scholarly journals The Political Economy of Township Government Debt, Township Enterprises and Rural Financial Institutions in China

2006 ◽  
Vol 186 ◽  
pp. 377-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynette Ong
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Government Debt ◽  
Financial Resource ◽  
Resource Mobilization ◽  
Financial Assistance ◽  
The Political ◽  
Township Government

This article sheds light on the ways in which township governments mobilized resources from local financial institutions, and how failure to repay many of these loans gave rise to sizeable local government debt. Mobilization of resources was done through loans to collective enterprises whose de facto owners were township authorities. Though the enterprises were nominal borrowers, loan transactions would not have occurred without guarantees by township governments. Another way of financial resource mobilization was by establishing local informal financial organizations that were subject to less strict regulations, and over which township authorities could exercise control. Further, because the enterprises' profits and taxes ultimately went to township authorities, and the enterprises also contributed towards provision of public goods that were the authorities' obligation, enterprise financing became a roundabout way in which township authorities sought financial assistance for their fiscal needs.

scholarly journals 7.1. METHODICAL ASPECTS OF EVALUATING THE INFORMATION OPENNESS OF A LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT BODY

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
А.Г. Атаева ◽  
А.В. Дунаева
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Russian Regions ◽  
Organization Of Work ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Body ◽  
Comprehensive Indicator

В статье анализируется опыт регионов Российской Федерации по оценке информационной открытости органов государственной власти и органов местного самоуправления. Предлагается комплексный показатель информационной открытости органа местного самоуправления, который включает в себя сводные показатели работы органа власти с населением, качества и посещаемости официального сайта, активности работы органа власти в социальных сетях, качества организации работы со средствами массовой информации, удовлетворенности населения информационной открытостью. The article analyzes the experience of Russian regions in assessing the informational openness of state authorities and local governments. A comprehensive indicator of the information openness of the local government is proposed, which includes summary indicators of the work of the government with the population, the quality and attendance of the official website, the activity of the government on social networks, the quality of the organization of work with the media, and public satisfaction with information openness.

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