Internal Government Structure

2019 ◽  
pp. 189-204
Author(s):  
Brian W. Rapp ◽  
Frank M. Patitucci
Keyword(s):  
Government Structure

Institutional Change through Innovation: The URBAN Community Initiative in Berlin, 1994–99

10.1068/c0416 ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 697-713 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Halpern
Keyword(s):  
Urban Policy ◽  
Urban Poverty ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Balance Of Power ◽  
Local Networks ◽  
Government Structure ◽  
Process Of Change ◽  
Community Initiative ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
The City

Reunification profoundly challenged the local government structure inherited from the Cold War period in Berlin. Yet this sudden socioeconomic and political change did not produce any immediate impact on institutional arrangements or policy instruments within the urban policy field. In this context, the implementation of the European Community Initiative URBAN, between 1994 and 1999, offered an opportunity to actors who were willing to challenge the existing balance of power to contest the legitimacy of preexisting interests and representations. The author argues that, in a context of competing interpretations of the issues raised by segregation processes which have left pockets of poverty in both parts of the city, the URBAN programme has managed to become an important driving force behind an underlying process of change. Its innovative approach to urban poverty and social exclusion exerted an impact on the parameters of this process of change, exacerbating existing political and organisational conflicts and challenging local networks, sources of legitimacy, and policy instruments.

Connecting Theory With Practice: The Institutional Evolvement of U.S. Counties Functioning as Regional Service Providers

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (8) ◽  
pp. 808-821 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayce L. Farmer
Keyword(s):  
Service Provision ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
County Government ◽  
Home Rule ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Government Structure ◽  
County Governments ◽  
Regional Service

This study extends the literature on county government structure by examining the three basic forms of county governments and their long-term effects on regional service spending. An examination of 1,532 U.S. counties between 1977 and 2012 reveals that those with the commission government form produce on average less regional service spending than those with reformed government structures. Examining the two major distinctions in reformed government types reveals that elected executive governments spend on average more than those with the commission-administrator form. However, the amount of increase for elected executive spending was very minor. The findings also reveal that the ability to establish home rule charters alters the effects of government structure for commission and commission-administrator counties. Meanwhile, charter-enabling laws matter little regarding the effects for elected executive counties. The analytical results lead to four major points for consideration regarding the link between county service provision and county institutional arrangements.

Newspaper news exposure predicts political participation

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther Thorson ◽  
Scott Swafford ◽  
Eunjin (Anna) Kim
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Political Knowledge ◽  
Local Elections ◽  
Government Structure ◽  
Municipal Elections ◽  
Political News ◽  
Perceived Importance

This study reports a survey of media use, political knowledge, and participation in local elections by people in three small Midwest communities. This study showed that newspaper political news exposure strongly predicted political participation, perceived importance of local municipal elections, and self-reported voting. It did not, however, predict knowledge about local government structure.

scholarly journals Scientific Concepts of a Deputy’s Mandate: Apology and Criticism

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 41-44
Author(s):  
Natalya T. Leonenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Public Law ◽  
Scientific Concepts ◽  
Government Structure ◽  
The Public ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
Historical Comparative ◽  
Representative System

The article studies the genesis of the deputy’s mandate institution. The relevancy of this subject is determined by the imperfection of the legal regulation of the institution under study; absence of clarity in its implementation; modernization of public law relations. The public government structure and the general democracy system largely depend on which type of mandate will be preferred in the Russian representative system. The purpose of the article is the research of the legal nature of the institution of mandate of a deputy of representative public government authorities and various aspects of this problem using formal legal, historical, comparative legal and logical methods.

Het beleid van de provincies

Res Publica ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-298
Author(s):  
Staf Lauwerysen
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Task Analysis ◽  
Financial Analysis ◽  
Community Organization ◽  
The Political ◽  
Government Structure ◽  
Provincial Level ◽  
The Government

The abolition of the political institutions of the Belgian provinces, as provided in the government declaration of 7 June 1977, puts a question into the usefulness of the provincial institutions.This contribution intends to throw more light on the policy at the provincial level - now and in the near past - by means of a brief functional and financial analysis. Beforehand, it has to be mentioned that juridical and institutional limitations do exercise a restraining influence on the functioning of the provinces.A task-analysis shows that they are mainly concerned with «traditional» tasks ( e.g. education, traffic), but they recently take into consideration «modern» tasks in the domain of social welfare (e.g. culture, community-organization) .However, the means of the Belgian provinces are very limited ; as a result, the current expenditures of the provinces do not exceed 3 % of all public current expenditures. It shows the relative small importance of the provinces in the total government structure.

An Analysis of e-Governance and Its Impact on the Profitability of MSMEs: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach

2021 ◽  
pp. 231971452110327
Author(s):  
Raksha Prasad Vashist ◽  
Ashish Arya ◽  
Aditya Dhiman
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Government Structure ◽  
Top Executives ◽  
Random Samples ◽  
Measure Of Performance ◽  
The Relationship

The article studies e-governance and its impact on the performance of MSMEs in India using a structural model. The model contains three main variables: use of e-governance by the MSMEs, the benefits attained by using e-governance (a mediating variable), and the change in performance due to the use of e-governance and benefits attained. The profitability of the firm is a measure of performance in the study. The study was done in collaboration with PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. The data was collected using the survey method, in which a close-ended questionnaire was circulated to the top executives of MSMEs. Out of 3,126 registered MSMEs (registered during FY 2017–2018), 350 random samples were taken into consideration for this study. A response rate of 83.7% was attained. Statistical techniques such as EFA, CFA and SEM have been used in this study to confirm the model, using SPSS and AMOS software. The model proposed in the study fits well both theoretically and empirically in the Indian context, and clearly shows the significant impact of e-governance use on the business performance of MSMEs. The study also shows that the benefits of e-governance have a partial mediating impact on the relationship between e-governance and the profitability of the business. The structured model presented in the study would be useful for practitioners (government bodies, government officials and e-government practitioners) in making vital decisions while designing an effective e-government structure for enterprises.

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