Local government

curtail the power of local nobility, who had long bee the real source of power in the country. Although the Emperor is now a figurehead, the Japanese state remains highly centralized, with little local power. Another important aspect was the development of a strong bureaucracy. The bureaucracy created under the Meiji regime, was highly educated and crucial to the administration of the country. In some ways they were able to carry out some of the duties of the previous local lords, enforcing the…

Is the New Jersey requirement for local municipalities to create a User-Friendly Budget really going to increase citizen engagement in local government? Are more citizens going to be interested in local government or local politics due to this new requirement by the division of local government services? The answer to this may not yet be known in the State of New Jersey, however, this literature review is going to review several different criteria’s that might answer these questions. First off,…

In Indonesia’s case as Rosser (2007) claims that the conspicuously unusual economic growth in Indonesia over the period 1970s until 1980s was induces by oil and gas export with 70% annual revenues for central government, while the economic growth in these periods is between 6-10%. The question in here is what makes Indonesia could achieve economic growth and overcome the natural resource curse in this period and what the implications on this nation. To answer this…

The government structure within Canada is divided into three distinct jurisdictions with its own individual mandate. The federal government, provincial and municipal governments. Economic development is defined as “The progress in an economy, or the qualitative measure of this”. They all have similar but distinct roles to play in economic development within the country. This paper will look at each jurisdiction and what helps them deliver effective long-term economic development. The municipal…

2306 April 25, 2017 Local Control Local Control is playing a significant role in benefit and secures the citizens, and it benefits the citizens more than the state government does. 1 As Rinaldi says, "Local governments are far superior to state governments in their ability to communicate with, aggregate feedback from and respond to issues raised by local constituents in areas like public education, zoning, fire codes and traffic regulations" (Rinaldi). In result, Local government is vital to…

authority and fiscal control from central to local government, and is a highly contentious process of governance (Stren 2011). Within this overarching process, there are many forces that work in conjunction with one another in order to make decentralized governments function aptly. Deconcentration of governing power, fiscal decentralization, and devolution of tasks to lower level authorities are main components that are present in a functional decentralized government, but achieving these…

hierarchical system; from the higher level to the lowest level namely central government, provinces, cities (kota) and rural regencies (kabupaten), districts (kecamatan), and urban neighborhoods (kelurahan) and villages (desa); with a large number of military officer designated in many administrative positions. Yet, the central government was implemented a tight control of administration on the lower level of government (Green, 2005; Callavan et al, 2009). The authoritarian regime was ended in…

Is the New Jersey requirement for local municipalities to create a User-Friendly Budget really going to increase citizen engagement in local government? Are more citizens going to be interested in local government or politics due to this new requirement by the division of local government services? The answer to this may not yet been known in the State of New Jersey, however, this literature review is going to review several different criteria’s that might answer these questions. First off, this…

The minority group that I have chosen is young Mothers, a group that is the focus of much media and parliamentary attention. However, the majority of this attention is negative, which can lead to social exclusion and, as a result, inequality (Duncan, Edwards and Alexander, 2010, pp.1-3). On the topic of social exclusion, David Byrne (1999) said that inequality and exclusion happen “all the time” and that it “determines the lives of the individuals and collectives who are excluded and those of…

the amount of people and their expertise in the area, as well as there being high staff turnover rates within government departments, the stance that climate change is an environmental issue instead of a developmental issue, poor communication and coordination between various levels of government departments especially when it comes from the national to local, and from provincial to local (Roberts & Douwes, 2011). The study also indicated that there are conservative management practices towards…