[PDF] Conflict And Change In Local Government eBook

Author : Mark Chou
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 42,11 MB
Release : 2020-12-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1108864589

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While local governments have traditionally been thought relatively powerless and unpolitical, this has been rapidly changing. Recent years have seen local governments jump headfirst into a range of so-called culture war conflicts like those concerning LGBTI rights, refugee protection, and climate change. Using the Australia Day and Columbus Day controversies as case studies, this Element rejuvenates research on how local governments respond to culture war conflicts, documenting new fronts in the culture wars as well as the changing face of local government. In doing this, this Element extends foundational research by advancing four new categories of responsiveness that scholars and practitioners can employ to better understand the varied roles local governments play in contentious culture war conflicts.

Author : Richard Briffault
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,12 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Local government
ISBN : 9780314285010

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Hardbound - New, hardbound print book.

Author : Nancy Kleniewski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 18,49 MB
Release : 2019-02-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 042966317X

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Cities, Change, and Conflict was one of the first texts to embrace the perspective of political economy as its main explanatory framework, and then complement it with the rich contributions found in the human ecology perspective. Although its primary focus is on North American cities, the book contains several chapters on cities in other parts of the world, including Europe and developing nations, providing both historical and contemporary accounts on the impact of globalization on urban development. This edition features new coverage of important recent developments affecting urban life, including the implications of racial conflict in Ferguson, Missouri , and elsewhere, recent presidential urban strategies, the new waves of European refugees, the long-term impacts of the Great Recession as seen through the lens of Detroit’s bankruptcy, new and emerging inequalities, and an extended look into Sampson’s Great American City. Beyond examining the dynamics that shape the form and functionality of cities, the text surveys the experience of urban life among different social groups, including immigrants, African Americans,women, and members of different social classes. It illuminates the workings of the urban economy, local and federal governments, and the criminal justice system, and also addresses policy debates and decisions that affect almost every aspect of urbanization and urban life.

Author : Bruno Dente
Publisher : Sage Publications (CA)
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 22,3 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Political Science
ISBN :

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Western democracies have retained political legitimacy since 1945 by a continuous process of adaptation to changing socio-political circumstances. Most states have changed their institutional arrangements, and reorganized their systems of local government to some degree. This book explains local government change within the wider context of institutional change. It links theories of legitimacy and institutional change to the extensive empirical and historical literature on local government reorganization. It also differentiates between institutional change and reform. Structural or historical variables are shown to play a major role in explaining why and how both reform and change take place. In particular, the rise and decline of the welfare state - and the political and policy changes associated with this - is one of the most important points of departure in the analysis. The ideas shared by the policy community explain the roles played by actors involved in shaping local government change and reform. This provides the link between the macro (structural) dimension and empirical observation.

Author : Samuel Humes
Publisher :
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 12,96 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Political Science
ISBN :

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Provides a comparative study of the variety of local government systems throughout the world, accompanied by a consideration of the conceptual issues involved in the development of institutions and services.

Author : Simon Duncan
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 24,69 MB
Release : 1988-01
Category : Central-local government relations
ISBN : 9780745602417

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Local government and the local structure of the state have recently emerged as major areas of political conflict. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the crisis in local - central relations, firmly placing political events in the context of the development of both central political powers and local autonomy.

Author : Zoë Scott
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 11,57 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1849290296

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This topic guide provides practical guidance for designing, implementing and evaluating decentralisation reforms and local government practices to ensure they are as effective as possible. It includes summaries of key texts and provides links to cutting edge research and recent case studies.