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Regionalism from above: intergovernmental relations in Canadian metropolitan governance 从上看区域主义:加拿大大都市治理中的政府间关系
IF 0.5 Q4 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Pub Date : 2022-05-31 DOI: 10.5130/cjlg.vi26.8141
Zack Taylor
Robust metropolitan governance is increasingly viewed as necessary to address important economic, social and environmental problems. In this context, this article surveys recent developments in Canadian metropolitan governance. Canada was admired in the post-war period for the effectiveness of its two-tier and unitary metropolitan governments; however, few survive today as urbanisation patterns have become increasingly polycentric and intergovernmental relations more conflictual. Three models have emerged in Canada, sometimes in combination with one another: the multi-purpose regional intergovernmental organisation, the single-purpose metropolitan agency, and the provincial metropolitan policy overlay. Examples of each are discussed, with an emphasis on the interplay of horizontal (intermunicipal) and vertical (provincial–municipal) intergovernmental relations. Ultimately, provincial governments are by virtue of their constitutional authority and spending power the only actors capable of establishing and maintaining durable institutions and policies of metropolitan scope, and they have chosen to do so in Canada’s largest and most urbanised provinces.
强有力的城市治理日益被视为解决重要的经济、社会和环境问题的必要条件。在此背景下,本文调查了加拿大城市治理的最新发展。加拿大在战后时期因其两级和单一的大都市政府的有效性而受到钦佩;然而,随着城市化模式变得越来越多中心,政府间关系更加冲突,很少有人能幸存下来。加拿大出现了三种模式,有时是相互结合的:多目的区域政府间组织,单一目的都市机构和省级都市政策覆盖。讨论了每一个例子,重点是横向(市间)和纵向(省-市)政府间关系的相互作用。最终,各省政府凭借其宪法权威和支出能力,是唯一有能力建立和维持持久的大都市范围内的制度和政策的行为体,而且他们选择在加拿大最大和城市化程度最高的省份这样做。
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Editorial 编辑
IF 0.5 Q4 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Pub Date : 2021-12-30 DOI: 10.5130/cjlg.vi25.8036
G. Sansom
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Resourcing local government in Ghana: the potential of volunteering to deliver basic services 为加纳地方政府提供资源:志愿提供基本服务的潜力
IF 0.5 Q4 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Pub Date : 2021-12-30 DOI: 10.5130/cjlg.vi25.8040
R. Adamtey, C. Amoako, Benjamin Doe
Both local and foreign volunteers have been involved in community development activities in Ghana. However, there is a dearth of research on the perceived and real impacts of volunteers in delivering services, reasons for volunteering, the potential of volunteering to supplement the human and financial resources of local governments in Ghana, and the conditions required for more successful outcomes. This qualitative study examined volunteering activities across 15 communities of the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem (KEEA) Municipality in Ghana’s Central Region. It found that volunteering empowered the people, triggered self-help initiatives and improved local people’s knowledge on health and environmental issues. However, there are challenges in finding political and social space for volunteers within the current local government system. The study recommends efforts to address that issue.
当地和外国志愿人员都参与了加纳的社区发展活动。然而,对于志愿者在提供服务方面的感知和实际影响、志愿服务的原因、志愿服务补充加纳地方政府人力和财政资源的潜力以及取得更成功成果所需的条件,缺乏研究。这项定性研究调查了加纳中部地区Komenda Edina Eguafo Abirem市15个社区的志愿活动。它发现,志愿服务增强了人民的力量,引发了自助倡议,并提高了当地人民对健康和环境问题的认识。然而,在目前的地方政府系统中,为志愿者寻找政治和社会空间存在挑战。研究报告建议努力解决这一问题。
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The nexus between the traditional system of governance and the local government system in Karamoja, Uganda 乌干达卡拉莫贾传统治理体系与地方政府体系之间的联系
IF 0.5 Q4 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Pub Date : 2021-12-30 DOI: 10.5130/cjlg.vi25.8042
Jimmy Francis Obonyo, W. Muhumuza
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.
20世纪90年代,非洲的几个国家采取了权力下放政策改革,同时对传统机构重新产生了兴趣。这一事态发展引发了一场关于传统治理体系与权力下放的兼容性的激烈辩论。本文记录了在乌干达卡拉莫贾次区域进行的一项案例研究,尽管地方政府进行了改革,但卡拉莫贾是传统主义的大本营。报告得出的结论是,尽管传统的治理体系有助于将地方社区与现代地方政府体系联系起来,但这两种结构尚未协调一致。相反,它们走在平行和矛盾的道路上,这对地方治理和服务提供产生了负面影响。该论文主张将两者融合在一起,形成一个相互补充的混合系统,而不是冲突的根源。
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Factors affecting the performance of South African municipal officials: stakeholders’ perspectives 影响南非市政官员业绩的因素:利益攸关方的观点
IF 0.5 Q4 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Pub Date : 2021-12-30 DOI: 10.5130/cjlg.vi25.7701
T. Masiya, Y. D. Davids, M. Mangai
Since the inception of the democratically elected post-apartheid government, South Africa has experienced growing numbers of protests about inadequate provision of basic municipal services. Recent studies have revealed that the poor performance of municipal officials contributes towards poor municipal service delivery. This article is based on a study which used qualitative key stakeholder interviews to analyse the performance of South African municipal officials, specifically in the delivery of services. It found that the following inter-related factors were responsible for the lack of performance: an unsupportive institutional environment, negative power struggles, over-regulation, political interference, a tense and bureaucratic environment, lack of coherent management systems, absence of a culture of excellence, poor skill utilisation, poor oversight mechanisms, weak capacity to engage in collaborations, and lack of trust between councillors from different political parties. The study concludes that for South African municipalities to meet their constitutional obligations to deliver optimal basic services to the people, the government must, inter alia, invest in building the capacity of municipal officials through the development of skills and other crucial local government interventions and transformations. The municipalities should also depoliticise local government and promote non-partisan appointment of municipal officials.
自民主选举产生的后种族隔离政府成立以来,南非经历了越来越多的抗议活动,抗议基本市政服务提供不足。最近的研究表明,市政官员的糟糕表现导致了市政服务的糟糕提供。本文基于一项研究,该研究使用了定性的关键利益相关者访谈来分析南非市政官员的表现,特别是在提供服务方面。研究发现,以下相互关联的因素是造成业绩不佳的原因:不支持的制度环境、消极的权力斗争、过度监管、政治干预、紧张的官僚环境、缺乏连贯的管理系统、缺乏卓越文化、技能利用率低、监督机制差,参与合作的能力较弱,不同政党的议员之间缺乏信任。该研究得出的结论是,南非市政当局要履行宪法义务,为人民提供最佳的基本服务,除其他外,政府必须通过发展技能和其他关键的地方政府干预和转型,投资于市政官员的能力建设。市政当局还应使地方政府非政治化,并促进市政官员的无党派任命。
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引用次数: 7
Participatory monitoring and evaluation in local government: a case study of Lambussie District, Ghana 地方政府参与式监测与评价:以加纳兰布西地区为例
IF 0.5 Q4 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Pub Date : 2021-12-30 DOI: 10.5130/cjlg.vi25.8037
B. Akanbang, A. Abdallah
Ghana has pursued decentralisation since 1988, but its implementation continues to face challenges. Participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) is one of the tools that can help local governments to be more effective in the planning and management of development projects. However, the issues involved in implementing PM&E in rural local governments operating within a rapidly changing sociocultural and political environment have not been sufficiently explored. To fill this gap in knowledge, this paper draws on project and policy documents and primary data on the application of PM&E in District Assemblies’ Common Fund projects implemented between 2013 and 2017 in Ghana’s Lambussie District. Six key informant interviews were held with district- and regional-level stakeholders, and eight focus group discussions were undertaken at the community level. The research found that inadequate provision for operationalising PM&E at the local level, and lack of accountability and feedback mechanisms, resulted in a tokenistic approach to PM&E. The authors suggest that research and advocacy on mechanisms for holding district authorities accountable is vital to the success of future PM&E initiatives at local government level.
加纳自1988年以来一直致力于权力下放,但其实施仍面临挑战。参与式监测和评估(PM&E)是帮助地方政府更有效地规划和管理发展项目的工具之一。然而,在快速变化的社会文化和政治环境中运作的农村地方政府实施PM&E所涉及的问题尚未得到充分探讨。为了填补这一知识空白,本文借鉴了项目和政策文件以及2013年至2017年在加纳兰布西区实施的地区议会共同基金项目中PM&E应用的主要数据。与地区和地区一级的利益相关者进行了六次关键线人访谈,并在社区一级进行了八次重点小组讨论。研究发现,地方一级实施PM&E的规定不足,以及缺乏问责制和反馈机制,导致了PM&E的象征性方法。作者认为,对追究地区当局责任的机制的研究和倡导对未来地方政府层面PM&E举措的成功至关重要。
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引用次数: 1
Elusive empowerment: characteristics of indirectly elected women chairpersons of district councils in Uttar Pradesh, India 隐晦的赋权:印度北方邦地区议会间接选举产生的女主席的特点
IF 0.5 Q4 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Pub Date : 2021-12-30 DOI: 10.5130/cjlg.vi25.8024
Preety Choudhari, T. Roy, Khushboo Verma, Reena Bharti, S. Verma
The 73rd Amendment to the Constitution of India was introduced with a stated legislative intent of reserving not less than a third of seats for women in institutions of local self-government, the three-tier panchayati raj institutions. That amendment is considered a milestone in India’s project of empowerment of women. This paper evaluates the power and prestige of the post of an adhyaksha (chairperson) of a zila (district) panchayat (council) in general, and in particular the status of women elected to the post during 2016 in the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP). Analysing the candidature, electoral success, electoral practices and subsequent functioning of zila panchayat adhyakshas (ZPAs), the authors argue that despite seats being reserved for women, no meaningful political empowerment of women has occurred in UP. The paper questions the efficacy of the indirect mode of election of ZPAs in bringing about empowerment of women, arguing that indirect elections enable powerful ruling elites to use women as proxies, subverting the legislative intent of the 73rd Amendment. The paper therefore proposes electoral reforms.
《印度宪法》第73修正案的出台,明确了在地方自治机构,即三级议会中为妇女保留不少于三分之一的席位的立法意图。该修正案被认为是印度赋予妇女权力项目中的一个里程碑。本文评估了zila(地区)评议会(委员会)adhyaksha(主席)职位的权力和声望,特别是2016年北方邦当选该职位的妇女的地位。通过分析zila panchayat adhyakshas(ZPA)的候选人资格、选举成功、选举实践和随后的运作,作者认为,尽管席位是为妇女保留的,但UP没有对妇女进行有意义的政治赋权。本文质疑ZPA的间接选举模式在赋予妇女权力方面的效力,认为间接选举使强大的统治精英能够利用妇女作为代理人,颠覆了第73修正案的立法意图。因此,该文件建议进行选举改革。
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Upward and downward accountability in local government: the decentralisation of agricultural extension services in Tanzania 地方政府的向上和向下问责制:坦桑尼亚农业推广服务的权力下放
IF 0.5 Q4 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Pub Date : 2021-12-30 DOI: 10.5130/cjlg.vi25.6472
W. Lameck, R. Hulst
A key assumption behind decentralisation in developing countries is that it enhances the accountability of local government and results in policies that reflect the preferences of the local community. However, previous research shows that local politicians and administrators in many developing countries to a large extent behave as if they were primarily accountable to central government, not local communities. The literature suggests various explanatory factors but does not provide insight into their relative weight and into how different factors interact. This paper combines comparative case-study research with in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with local government politicians and officials involved in the delivery of agricultural extension services in Tanzania. It shows that limited administrative and political decentralisation and centralistic human resources management restrict downward accountability to the community. Downward accountability is also constrained by the social rules that local politicians and administrators observe. For downward accountability to materialise, formal systems of public administration need to introduce incentives to that effect.    
发展中国家权力下放背后的一个关键假设是,它加强了地方政府的问责制,并产生反映当地社区偏好的政策。然而,先前的研究表明,许多发展中国家的地方政治家和行政人员在很大程度上表现得好像他们主要对中央政府负责,而不是对地方社区负责。文献提出了各种解释因素,但没有提供对其相对权重和不同因素如何相互作用的见解。本文将比较案例研究与深入访谈相结合,并与参与坦桑尼亚农业推广服务提供的地方政府政治家和官员进行焦点小组讨论。它表明,有限的行政和政治权力下放以及中央集权的人力资源管理限制了对社区的向下问责。向下问责也受到当地政客和管理者遵守的社会规则的约束。为了实现向下的问责制,正式的公共行政制度需要采取这方面的激励措施。
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Trends in rural fiscal decentralisation in India’s Karnataka state: a focus on public health 印度卡纳塔克邦农村财政分权趋势:关注公共卫生
IF 0.5 Q4 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Pub Date : 2021-12-30 DOI: 10.5130/cjlg.vi25.7583
M. Rao, A. Mukherji, H. Swaminathan
For decades, decentralisation reforms have been seen as a powerful instrument by health policy advocates to improve health sector performance in developing countries. In India, the 73rd Constitutional Amendment introduced in 1992 called for strengthening the fiscal autonomy and service delivery capacity of rural local governments. This paper explores how decentralised governance influences public health sector resource allocation, equity and efficiency in rural Karnataka. For this, the authors analysed administrative data published by the Karnataka state government to create tailored standardised performance measures that capture the degree of local governments’ fiscal discretion in implementing public health programmes from 2011–18 at the district level. The findings highlight sector-specific differences in fiscal autonomy, ranging from high local discretion over funds in the nutrition sector to very limited discretion in the medical and public health sector. They also show that decentralised public health funding is not well-targeted to areas of greatest need in Karnataka
几十年来,权力下放改革一直被卫生政策倡导者视为改善发展中国家卫生部门绩效的有力工具。在印度,1992年出台的第73条宪法修正案呼吁加强农村地方政府的财政自主权和服务提供能力。本文探讨了权力下放治理如何影响卡纳塔克邦农村公共卫生部门的资源分配、公平和效率。为此,作者分析了卡纳塔克邦政府发布的行政数据,以制定量身定制的标准化绩效指标,反映地方政府在2011-2018年实施地区公共卫生计划时的财政自由裁量权程度。调查结果突出了财政自主权方面的具体部门差异,从地方对营养部门资金的高度自由裁量权到医疗和公共卫生部门非常有限的自由裁量量权。他们还表明,分散的公共卫生资金并没有很好地针对卡纳塔克邦最需要的地区
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Indigenous peoples’ human rights, self-determination and local governance – Part 2 土著人民的人权、自决和地方治理-第2部分
IF 0.5 Q4 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Pub Date : 2021-12-30 DOI: 10.5130/cjlg.vi25.8025
Ed Wensing
Part 1 of this article explored the relevance of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia, particularly the key principles of self-determination and free, prior and informed consent; how the international human rights framework applies in Australia; and Australia’s lack of compliance with it. Part One concluded by discussing the Uluru Statement from the Heart, presented to all the people of Australia in 2017, and how it marked a turning point in the struggle for recognition by Australia’s Indigenous peoples. Part 2 explores recent developments since the release of the Uluru Statement, especially at sub-national levels, in relation to treaty and truth-telling. It draws some comparisons with Canada and New Zealand, discusses the concept of coexistence, and presents a set of Foundational Principles for Parity and Coexistence between two culturally distinct systems of land ownership, use and tenure.
本条第一部分探讨了《联合国土着人民权利宣言》与澳大利亚土著和托雷斯海峡岛民的相关性,特别是自决和自由、事先和知情同意的关键原则;国际人权框架如何在澳大利亚适用;第一部分最后讨论了2017年提交给澳大利亚全体人民的《乌鲁鲁发自内心的声明》,以及该声明如何标志着澳大利亚土著人民争取承认斗争的转折点。第2部分探讨了《乌鲁鲁声明》发布以来的最新进展,特别是在地方一级,与条约和讲真话有关。它与加拿大和新西兰进行了一些比较,讨论了共存的概念,并提出了一套在两种不同文化的土地所有权、使用权和保有权制度之间平等和共存的基本原则。
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