scholarly journals The possibility of a New Type of Special Municipality: A Review of Local Government Reform Policy in Taiwan as a model for other global cities

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 130
Author(s):  
Wang Pao-Chien ◽  
Yeh Hui-Chi
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Minority Rights ◽  
Government Reform ◽  
Home Rule ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
New Type

This article examines local government reform in Taiwan. It highlights the challenges that new municipalities face in responding to rural – urban population, balancing centralism and localism, and protecting cultural diversity and minority rights. By applying Dillion’s rule and Home rule theories, it classifies two types of special municipalities, identifying their characteristics, advantages and disadvantages. The article is presented in three parts. The first part examines the structure of local government, then explains how local governments are established and their relationship with central government. The second part focuses on government reform, by highlighting the issues and concerns facing local and central governments, and their respective reforms. The third part classifies two types of special municipality governments, by examining how each type balances efficiency and democracy, and the needs of central government versus the local community. The article concludes with a discussion of future challenges facing local government and special municipalities.

scholarly journals Local government or local arbitrariness: on the setting of priorities for the municipal community

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 216-219
Author(s):  
A A Maksimov
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Electoral Behavior ◽  
Government Reform ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Municipal Elections ◽  
Analysis And Evaluation ◽  
Legislative Authority ◽  
The Individual

Local government is a form of self-organization of citizens for the purpose of addressing issues of local importance in the interests of the population. Key elements of this process - socially active, concerned the responsibility of local community. Based on the practice of the electoral process, electoral behavior in the municipal elections little activity. Based on the current situation has been suggested that this passivity is caused by the legislative authority disabilities and the population on issues of local importance, especially in terms of his participation in the work of local governments. System formulated proposals to expand the share of participation in the work of local governments, as well as subject to analysis and evaluation of the individual elements of the local government reform in 2014.

scholarly journals ANALISIS DINAMIKA PERMASALAHAN IMPLEMENTASI ANGGARAN PEMERINTAH DAERAH DI INDONESIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Rahmat Salam
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Budget Deficits ◽  
High Expectations ◽  
Local Government Level ◽  
The Government ◽  
Coordination Tool ◽  
The Masses

The budgeting process is central to every administration be it the central government, local governments and the private sector because financial control is perhaps the most effective coordination tool. The scope and nature of government operations as a whole are determined by the allocations for the various programs. In fact, human nature has never been proven compared to when humans struggle to get a larger than usual share of the funds. This paper examines budgeting at the local government level, its preparation, problems and prospects. The study found that there was a wide gap between the budget plan and its implementation which resulted in the failure to fulfill political promises and the increasingly high expectations of society. The widespread dissatisfaction of the masses with the local government contributed greatly to the slow pace of local community development. This paper makes several recommendations that will reduce the incidence of budget deficits in the Government.

scholarly journals Inovasi dan kreativitas Public Service Era Otonomi Daerah sebagai Modern Local Government

Yurispruden ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 175
Author(s):  
Afifuddin Afifuddin
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Regional Autonomy ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right

 ABSTRACTThe implementation of public services is still going on with the old public administration practices. Therefore, it is time for the bureaucracy to change its mindset. The development of the paradigm of public administration can bring enlightenment to the bureaucracy. Public Service innovation and creativity is one of the right solutions in the era of regional autonomy in achieving the welfare of modern regional government. The Indonesian state in running the government, the relationship between the central government and local governments must be well and harmoniously established. The intertwined goal is for the prosperity of the people. Regional autonomy can provide flexibility for regions to innovate and create local community creativity as material for local government policies. Therefore, several important discourses in Public Administration Science can be a reference for modernizing the administration of local government in the era of regional autonomy. Keywords        : Innovation, Public Service Creativity, Regional Autonomy, Center,                          Region and Local Government ABSTRAKPenyelenggarakan pelayanan publik masih saja terjadi praktik-praktik old public administration. Oleh karena itu sudah saatnya birokrasi merubah mindsetnya. Perkembangan paradigma administrasi publik dapat membawa pencerahan bagi birokrasi. Inovasi dan kreativitas Public Service merupakan salah satu solusi yang tepat di era otonomi daerah dalam mencapai kesejahteraan pemerintahan daerah yang modern. Negara Indonesia dalam menjalankan pemerintahan, hubungan pemerintah pusat dan pemerintah daerah harus terjalin dengan baik dan harmonis. Tujuan yang terjalin tersebut untuk kemakmuran rakyat. Otonomi daerah dapat memberikan keleluasaan bagi daerah untuk melakukan innovasi dan kreativitas masyarakat setempat sebagai bahan kebijakan local government. Oleh karena itu beberapa wacana penting dalam Ilmu Administrasi Publik dapat menjadi rujukan untuk memodernisasi penyelenggaraan pemerintah daerah dalam era otonomi daerah. Kata Kunci    : Inovasi, kreativitas Public Service, Otonomi Daerah, Pusat, Daerah dan                          Local Government 

scholarly journals Structural and Financial Aspects of Local Government Reform in Russia. 30 Years of Experience

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-139
Author(s):  
Sergei Leonov
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Government Reform ◽  
Historical Method ◽  
Effective Development ◽  
Structural Isolation ◽  
Municipal Level ◽  
Constitutional Changes

International practices show that for an effective development of society, it is necessary to find a consensus of the interests of the local community and the country. This is the reason why the low level of autonomy of local self-government in modern Russia is a significant problem, as it does not allow local governments and citizens to become active partici­pants and initiators of transformations carried out at the municipal level. The study, carried out using the historical method of scientific know­ledge, made it possible to analyze the thirty years of Russian experience in the making and reform of local self-government (LSG), to structure the prerequisites and identify five main stages of reform, which differ in the pace and content of reform transformations. In the course of the study, it was revealed that constitutional changes, while remaining formally neutral to local self-government, will require amendments of fe­deral legislation for their implementation, which can give rise to a number of latent threats and undermine the principle of structural isolation and independence of local self-government bodies. In general, over the years of reforms, the legislative strengthening of the powers and rights of local self-government did not find adequate financial support, the real results of the reform are very different from the declared goals. The author substantiated proposals for improving the socio-economic component of the reform in the framework of the evolutionary approach.

scholarly journals Tendenser i stat-kommuneforholdet efter kommunalreformen – fokus på økonomiaftaler og sanktionssystemet

Politik ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Niels Jørgen Mau Pedersen
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Fiscal Rules ◽  
Government Reform ◽  
Economic Significance ◽  
Local Budget ◽  
Cooperation System ◽  
Decentralized Model ◽  
Macroeconomic Management

This article aims at presenting trends in the state-local budget-cooperation system in Denmark, following the local government reform in 2007 and the fiscal rules in the budget law from 2012. The article investigates some of the characteristics of the development from 1980 until 2016. Evidence gives support to the hypothesis that the possibility for the municipalities’ organization to negotiate increasing expenditures has been narrowed, however accompanied by more liberal grant financing. The local government reform seems to have opened a window of opportunity for an elaborated system of collective and especially individual central government sanctions to strengthen the macroeconomic management of service expenditures of local governments. The identified trends in the Danish state-local relations may indicate that the decentralized model of local governments in Denmark is increasingly under pressure. However, the Danish municipal sector is still growing with respect to economic significance.  

OPTIMALISASI PERAN PEMDA DALAM MENGATASI KENDALA PELAKSANAAN KONSERVASI KEANEKARAGAMAN HAYATI DI DAERAH (STUDI KASUS PROVINSI BENGKULU)

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Antung Deddy Radiansyah
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Wild Plants ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Conservation Areas ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Conservation Policies

Gaps in biodiversity conservation management within the Conservation Area that are the responsibility of the central government and outside the Conservation Areas or as the Essential Ecosystems Area (EEA) which are the authority of the Regional Government, have caused various spatial conflicts between wildlife /wild plants and land management activities. Several obstacles faced by the Local Government to conduct its authority to manage (EEA), caused the number and area of EEA determined by the Local Government to be still low. At present only 703,000 ha are determined from the 67 million ha indicated by EEA. This study aims to overview biodiversity conservation policies by local governments and company perceptions in implementing conservation policies and formulate strategies for optimizing the role of Local Governments. From the results of this study, there has not been found any legal umbrella for the implementation of Law number 23/ 2014 related to the conservation of important ecosystems in the regions. This regulatory vacuum leaves the local government in a dilemma for continuing various conservation programs. By using a SWOT to the internal strategic environment and external stratetegic environment of the Environment and Forestry Service, Bengkulu Province , as well as using an analysis of company perceptions of the conservation policies regulatary , this study has been formulated a “survival strategy” through collaboration between the Central Government, Local Governments and the Private Sector to optimize the role of Local Government’s to establish EEA in the regions.Keywords: Management gaps, Essential Ecosystems Area (EEA), Conservation Areas, SWOT analysis and perception analysis

scholarly journals Game Theory-Based Analysis of Local Governments’ Behavioral Dissimilation in the Third-Party Soil Pollution Control under Chinese-Style Fiscal Decentralization

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 389
Author(s):  
Caihua Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Soil Pollution ◽  
Pollution Control ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Fiscal Decentralization ◽  
Third Party ◽  
The Third ◽  
Party Control ◽  
The Third Party

The participation of a third party of the environmental service enterprise theoretically increases the level and efficiency of soil pollution control in China. However, Chinese-style fiscal decentralization may have a negative impact on the behaviors of participants, especially the local government. First, this paper conducts a positioning analysis on participants of the third-party soil pollution control in China and discusses the behavioral dissimilation of the local government under fiscal decentralization. Second, taking the government’s third-party soil pollution control as a case, a two-party game model of the central government and the local government is established around the principal-agent relationship, and a tripartite game model of the central government, the local government, and the third-party enterprise is designed around the collusion between the local government and the third-party enterprise. The results show that Chinese-style fiscal decentralization may lead to the behavioral dissimilation of local governments, that is, they may choose not to implement or passively implement the third-party control, and choose to conspire with third-party enterprises. Improving the benefits from implementing the third-party control of local governments and third-party enterprises, enhancing the central government’s supervision probability and capacity, and strengthening the central government’s punishment for behavioral dissimilation are conducive to the implementation of the third-party soil pollution control. Finally, this study puts forward policy suggestions on dividing the administrative powers between the central and local government in third-party control, building appraisal systems for the local government’s environmental protection performance, constructing environmental regulation mechanisms involving the government, market and society, and formulating the incentive and restraint policies for the participants in the third-party soil pollution control.

Evolution of e-participation in Greek local government

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Constantina Costopoulou ◽  
Maria Ntaliani ◽  
Filotheos Ntalianis
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Community ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
The Impact

Local governments are increasingly developing electronic participation initiatives, expecting citizen involvement in local community affairs. Our objective was to assess e-participation and the extent of its change in local government in Greece. Using content analysis for 325 Greek municipal websites, we assessed e-participation status in 2017 and 2018 and examined the impact of change between these years. The assessment regards two consecutive years since the adoption of digital technologies by municipalities has been rapid. The main findings show that Greek local governments have made significant small- to medium-scale changes, in order to engage citizens and local societies electronically. We conclude that the integration of advanced digital technologies in municipalities remains underdeveloped. We propose that Greek municipalities need to consider incorporating new technologies, such as mobile apps, social media and big data, as well as e-decision making processes, in order to eliminate those obstacles that hinder citizen engagement in local government. Moreover, the COVID-19 outbreak has highlighted the need for enhancing e-participation and policymakers’ coordination through advanced digital technologies.

scholarly journals KINERJA KEUANGAN DAERAH PASCA PERALIHAN BEA PEROLEHAN HAK ATAS TANAH DAN BANGUNAN

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Juli Juli Juli
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Capital Expenditure ◽  
Local Taxes ◽  
Paired Samples ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Operational Expenditure ◽  
Observation Period

This study examined differences in the local government's financial performance before and after the transition from central tax BPHTB be local taxes? In general, this study aims to determine the contribution BPHTB to the PAD as a source of funding for the survival of each region in order to achieve local autonomy system. The samples used in this study is the district/city that has existed since autonomy BPHTB not be treated as 114 cities/districts. The realization of the study observation period is the period before the transition budget BPHTB (Year 2010) and after the transition BPHTB (Year 2011). The research data were statistically tested with a different test of two paired samples. The results show that the performance of local government in Java have differences before and after the transition BPHTB from the central government to local governments. This research can provide empirical evidence of the differences in the financial performance of the post-transition region from the center to the regions BPHTB especially Java. The results of this study can also be used as a reference in future studies with similar themes to consider several things. First, the use of samples that are not confined to the local government but the entire Indonesian island of Java. Second, adding the growth rate ie performance measurement. Third, review the compatibility ratio because in addition to operational expenditure and capital expenditure is no longer heading in the budget expenditure is financing and transfer.     Keywords: Bea Perolehan Hak atas Tanah dan Bangunan, Financial Performance, Autonomous Region.

scholarly journals The Role of Social Media in Promoting Information Disclosure on Environmental Incidents: An Evolutionary Game Theory Perspective

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuang Ling ◽  
Shan Gao ◽  
Wenhui Liu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Evolutionary Game ◽  
Media Influence ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
The Public

Despite the expectation that social media use in the public sector contributes to enhancing government's transparency, few studies have been investigated whether social media use actually leads to more disclosure during environmental incidents in practice and how social media influence local governments and their officials' information disclosure. In this article, we model information disclosure during environmental incidents as an evolutionary game process between the central government and local government in social media context, and examine the internal mechanism that how social media influence the progress of information disclosure during environmental incidents. The findings indicate that social media plays an active constructive role in central-local government game relations. Specific- ally, social media can provides an efficient information channels for the central government supervise regional officials in environmental incidents, and thus improves its supervision efficiency, and it also provides an important means for internet mobilization and online-offline interaction by encouraging the public exchange information and express their views, and in turn forces local governments and their officials tend to disclosure ahead.

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