scholarly journals The nexus between the traditional system of governance and the local government system in Karamoja, Uganda

2021 ◽  
pp. 116-132
Author(s):  
Jimmy Francis Obonyo ◽  
William Muhumuza
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
Traditional System ◽  
Traditional Institutions ◽  
Government Reforms ◽  
Intense Debate

In the 1990s several countries in Africa adopted decentralisation policy reforms that coincided with a renewed interest in traditional institutions. This development has since sparked an intense debate on the compatibility of traditional systems of governance with decentralisation. The present article documents a case study conducted in Uganda’s Karamoja sub-region, a stronghold of traditionalism despite local government reforms. It concludes that although the traditional system of governance could help to link local communities with the modern local government system, the two structures have not been harmonised. Instead, they run on parallel and contradictory paths, which has had negative consequences for local governance and service delivery. The paper advocates blending the two to form a hybrid system in which they complement each other rather than being a source of conflict.

scholarly journals The Influence of Destination Image on Tourist Intention and Decision to Visit Tourist Destination (A Case Study of Pemuteran Village in Buleleng, Bali, Indonesia)

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ni Wayan Marsha Satyarini ◽  
Myrza Rahmanita ◽  
Sakchai Setarnawat
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Destination Image ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Independent Variable

This study examines the effects of the destination image to tourist intention and decision to visit tourism destination in Pemuteran Village, Bali. Destination image is an independent variable, tourist intention to visit serves as an intervening variable and decision to visit is a dependent variable. Explanatory research with quantitative method is employed. The number of sample is 112 respondents. Purposive sampling techniques is applied with criteria of Pemuteran village tourists. Data are collected with questionnaires and processed with path analysis. These results indicate that the variable destination image has a direct and significant effect on tourist intention to visit by 11.3%. Variable destination image has a direct and significant influence on the decision to visit by 37.5%. Variable tourist intention to visit has been direct and significant influence on the decision to visit amounted to 16.2%. Based on these results, Pemuteran village should keep trying to build a positive image and to improve the communication between the local government and local communities to strengthen cooperation to improve the natural environment in Pemuteran village.

Dual Legitimacy in the Development of the Network City - A Case Study of Kaohsiung City Council

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 591-621 ◽  
Author(s):  
Da-Chi Liao ◽  
Hsin-Che Wu ◽  
Chen-Hsun Li
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Executive Branch ◽  
City Council ◽  
Dual Systems ◽  
City Network ◽  
The City ◽  
Kaohsiung City

This paper discusses the theoretical rheology of local governance from the bureaucratic system to the network city and explores whether and how such a city network can be developed in a dual local government system. This paper suggests that, in dual systems, councilors are nodes which extend their networks, and councilors together can construct a more comprehensive network than a city executive branch alone does, so as to remedy the executive branch’s deficiencies concerning city affairs. This paper chooses Kaohsiung city council as its case study and provides evidence that the network developed by city council and councilors covers many city affairs which are ignored by the city executive branch. This result also implies that the network city may be better feasible in a dual local government system than in a unitary one.

scholarly journals Local Governance Platforms: Roles and Relations of City Governments, Citizens, and Businesses

2022 ◽  
pp. 009539972110725
Author(s):  
Kaisu Sahamies ◽  
Arto Haveri ◽  
Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko
Keyword(s):  
Local Governance ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
Added Value ◽  
City Governments ◽  
Platform Governance ◽  
Local Stakeholders ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
The Subject

This article analyses the dynamics of local platform governance with special regard to the roles and relations of city governments, citizens, and local businesses. We approach the subject through five Finnish platforms in which city governments are actively involved. This multiple case study shows that city governments tend to adopt a facilitative and enabling role on the platforms. They seek to create value by utilizing skills, knowledge, and resources of local communities in different kinds of co-creation processes. Local platform governance brings added value to innovation and urban vitality by utilizing multiple roles of citizens, businesses, and other local stakeholders.

scholarly journals Improving Citizens’ Participation in Local Government Planning and Financial Management in Ghana: A Stakeholder Analysis of the Sefwi Wiawso Municipal Assembly

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Ahenkan ◽  
Bawole N J ◽  
Domfeh K A
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Stakeholder Analysis ◽  
National Development ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Municipal Assembly

Ghana‘s decentralization concept was initiated to promote popular grassroots participation in the management and administration of local governance institutions for improved conditions of life. This is believed to be an important means to improving the effectiveness of service delivery and empower the local people to participate in the development processes that affect their lives. Despite this important role of local communities and stakeholders in the local governance processes, their involvement in decision making on planning, budgeting and financial management of local government agencies is only marginal. This low level of participation is one of the most structural challenges confronting Ghana‘s decentralisation process and local government financial management. Using Stakeholder Analysis, this paper examines the role and level of participation of stakeholders in planning, budgeting and financial management of the Sefwi Wiawso Municipal Assembly. The results of the study indicate that, there has been very little space for local participation and that most of the stakeholders lack proper understanding of the planning, budgeting and the financial management systems of the district assemblies. This lack of space for stakeholder participation has constrained the promotion of effective, responsive and responsible government at the local level for poverty reduction. Procedures and structures for community engagement in the monitoring and evaluation of development interventions seldom exist. The paper argues that an effective engagement of local communities and other stakeholders will enhance transparency and improve upon service delivery within the local government systems. A conscious effort to build capacities and create space for local engagement will enhance the efforts of decentralisation and fast track poverty reduction and national development in Ghana

scholarly journals Supervision of local government in Zimbabwe: The travails of mayors

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tinashe Carlton Chigwata ◽  
Sylvester Marumahoko ◽  
Alois Madhekeni
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
National Unity ◽  
Power Politics ◽  
Public Interests ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Government Supervision ◽  
Study Methodology

ABSTRACT The discourse on decentralisation theoretically supports central government supervision of local government. The exercise of such powers by the central government of Zimbabwe is mired in controversy. Mayors are often suspended and/or dismissed to safeguard so-called "public interests". In particular, those who are from the opposition political party, the Movement for Democratic Change, have been greatly affected in this regard. The supervisory interventions of the Zimbabwe African National Unity-Patriotic Front led national (central) government have raised questions about the very existence of local democracy and the parameters within which supervision should be implemented. The inadequacy of the laws regulating central supervision over local government and, in some cases, the blatant disregard of such laws by the supervising authority have left mayors vulnerable to arbitrary suspensions and/or dismissal. Such interventions have been motivated mainly by sinister political objectives rather than a genuine desire to improve local governance. A case study methodology focusing on the supervision of mayors in Zimbabwe since independence has been adopted. Keywords: Local government, local autonomy, mayors, supervision, power politics, decentralisation, Zimbabwe

scholarly journals THE IMPACTS OF THE SPECIAL REGIONAL POLICY TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT IN SOUTHERN THAILAND (CASE STUDY AT THE REPEL DISTRICT, KRONGPINANG, THAILAND)

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 361-376
Author(s):  
Sareef Tehtae ◽  
Abubakar Eby Hara ◽  
Zarah Puspitaningtyas
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Martial Law ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Internal Security ◽  
Southern Thailand ◽  
The Military

Special territory policy has been using in the Southern Thailand is a central government’s policy (Bangkok) in terms of giving absolute authority to the military, to resolve the conflicts in southern Thailand. The policy includes three matters: 1) Martial law of 2547 (the regulations in state of emergency in the 2004); 2) the Emergency Decree 2548 PO-Ro-Ko (Security rules in state of emergency); 3) Internal Security Act in the 2551 PO – RO – BO (the rule in terms of internal security implementation of 2008). This paper aimed to analyzing the impacts of special regional policies on local governance in southern Thailand (case study in Repel district, Krongpinang, Thailand. This research used descriptive qualitative methodology.  based on research results, can be concluded that the impacts of the implementation of special regional policy; 1) the functional disappearance of local government; 2) local government was depressed by military system; 3) society harmonization to local government (village head) decreased.

Case Study: County-Level Responses to the Opioid Crisis in Northern Kentucky

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 382-386
Author(s):  
Quentin Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
County Level ◽  
Civic Leaders ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
Opioid Crisis

This article highlights local government responses to the opioid crisis in Northern Kentucky through a series of interviews with county-level officials. The author's discussions with civic leaders reflect the challenges faced by local communities and the new approaches implemented to stem the epidemic.

Between the State and the Market: Assessing Impacts of Local Government Reforms in Western Europe

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine Kuhlmann
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Local Level ◽  
The State ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Performance Improvements ◽  
Government Reforms

This article compares local government reforms in three European countries: France, the United Kingdom (England), and Germany. In the analysis, the author distinguishes between two different types of reform. Firstly, the vertical dimension of the reform refers to the decentralisation of public tasks from the state/central government to local authorities. Secondly, in an illustration of the horizontal dimension, the readjustment of competencies between local authorities and market or non-profit actors is investigated by focusing on the development of privatisation, corporatisation, and contracting out. The paper pursues the following questions: What effects did the decentralisation and privatisation processes cause in the three countries, and did they contribute to performance improvements at the local level? The author reveals that the anticipated positive outcomes of the reforms have proven to be only partially accurate, and that in many cases unexpected and even rather negative consequences have resulted instead.

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