Political Party Control and the Sale of Local Authority Dwellings 1974–1983

1985 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 463-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Hoggart
Keyword(s):  
Public Housing ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Political Party ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Lower Tier ◽  
Conservative Government ◽  
Housing Characteristics ◽  
Party Control ◽  
Right To Buy ◽  
Local Government Policy

The sale of local-authority-owned homes has been a controversial issue in Britain, especially since the 1980 Housing Act provided tenants with a ‘right-to-buy’ their homes. This paper is an analysis of whether the opposition of the Labour Party to these sales has been translated into a distinct antisales local government policy stance. All metropolitan and Greater London lower-tier authorities and a sample of one in five shire districts were investigated. The results show that Labour control was linked with reduced sales levels, even after allowance was made for council housing characteristics, tenants' wealth, and other relevant demand factors. Very recently Labour councils have had higher rates of public housing sales, suggesting that the Conservative Government has eventually been able to circumvent Labour opposition and ‘release’ previously ‘bottled-up’ demand for house purchasing.

Change in Local Authority Services for the Elderly in England, 1979–88

1991 ◽  
Vol 23 (12) ◽  
pp. 1741-1757 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Hoggart ◽  
T A Smith
Keyword(s):  
Political Party ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Socioeconomic Conditions ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Party Control ◽  
Fiscal Conditions ◽  
Policy Variation ◽  
Service Need

In most studies of service provision in local authorities it is assumed that councils respond directly to service need and fiscal conditions. In this paper it is argued that this is a fallacy as responses are conditioned by the filter of political party control. With a focus on nonmetropolitan counties and metropolitan boroughs and districts, it is shown that relationships between policy variation and socioeconomic conditions vary in Conservative-dominated and Labour-dominated councils. In particular, Conservative councils respond more notably to fiscal resources, whereas Labour authorities are more responsive to service need. Examination of changes in provision show that these patterns have persisted through the 1980s.

scholarly journals The political hourglass: opportunistic behavior in local government policy decisions

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-43
Author(s):  
Emilio J. de la Higuera-Molina ◽  
Marc Esteve ◽  
Ana M. Plata-Díaz ◽  
José L. Zafra-Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
The Political ◽  
Opportunistic Behavior ◽  
Policy Decisions ◽  
Local Government Policy

scholarly journals PARTISIPASI MASYARAKAT DALAM PENGELOLAAN SAMPAH (Studi Deskriptif Kec. Curup Tengah, Kab. Rejang Lebong, Bengkulu)

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bayu Panji Aji
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Technical Requirements ◽  
Local Government Policy

The increasing rate of population growth and economic development occurring in the Curup Tengah District, Kab. Rejang Lebong, Bengkulu has led to the increasing waste generated. This can lead to declining environmental quality in the region, especially the situation is aggravated by inadequate handling and waste management systems are implemented by the Regional Government. Therefore, the required real effort in resolving the existing problems of waste such as by increasing community participation in waste management.  This study aims to determine how community participation in waste management in the Curup Tengah District. This participation may take the form pasrtisipasi community in local government policy decisions about waste management. Pasrtisipasi other forms of society can be seen by taking out the trash in the space provided, do not throw garbage in open dumps, as well as by not burning waste not in accordance with the technical requirements for waste management.  Results of analysis showed that public participation in policy-local government on waste management in the Curup Tengah District, Kab. Rejang Lebong, Bengkulu was well with the average value of respondents' answers to the questionnaire was 3.83, Participation of the community by removing trash in places that have been prescribed or provided in the Curup Tengah District, Kab. Rejang Lebong, Bengkulu was well with the average value of respondents' answers to the questionnaire was 3.91, with community participation does not throw garbage in the open field in the Curup Tengah District, Kab. Rejang Lebong, Bengkulu was well with the average value of respondents' answers to the questionnaire is 3.77, and the participation of the community by not burning waste not in accordance with technical requirements for waste management in the Curup Tengah District, Kab. Rejang Lebong, Bengkulu was well with the average value of respondents' answers to the questionnaire was 3.69. This shows that the general public's Participation in the Waste Management at Curup Tengah District, Kab. Rejang Lebong, Bengkulu was well with the average value of the respondent's answer was 3.8.  Keywords: participation, community, garbage

scholarly journals MAPPING AND PROTECTING THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT IN THE FIELD OF THE TRADITIONAL BATIK DESIGN OF TIRTOMOYO AS THE CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ITS DEVELOPMENT BASED ON THE LOCAL GENIUS IN THE CREATIVE INDRUSTRIAL ERA

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarwono
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Property Right ◽  
Intellectual Property Right ◽  
Cultural Expression ◽  
The One ◽  
Local Government Policy

<p align="center"><strong><em>Abstract</em></strong></p><p><em>            In order to provide the protection to the “traditional batik art knowledge” in Tirtomoyo, Wonogiri, the local government policy rests on the </em><em>potensial of art, commerce, services, education, tourism and sports</em><em>.Here, it can be drawn the real purpose, that is to develop, to conserve, and to protect the traditional knowledge as the heritage and cultural expression, especially the traditional knowledge. I</em><em>n th</em><em>is</em><em> case</em><em>, the Intellectual Property Right protection and its all varieties should be applied on the traditional intellectual art. However, it has not yet manifested the regional regulation on the Intellectual Property Right, especially the protection to the traditional knowledge.         There has not been confirmation about what institutions will be responsible or what kind of agencies will be involved in providing the protection to the traditional knowledge, like the batik art, dance art, and others, so that they don’t seem loose accountability in handling it. The policy on the Intellectual Property Right, especially the one related to the traditional knowledge, is still partial or supplement. The Industry and Trade Department of Wonogiri regency, which handles the micro and medium industry field and is not related directly to the batik handicraft industry, has planned to make a program of batik handicraft industry as the regional superior. </em></p><strong><em>Key words: Intellectual Property Right, Traditional knowledge, Batik Art.</em></strong>

scholarly journals Making power emerge: municipalism and the right to the city

Soundings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 74 (74) ◽  
pp. 95-111
Author(s):  
Bertie Russell
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Right To The City ◽  
Political Strategies ◽  
International Perspectives ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Right ◽  
The City ◽  
Local Government Policy ◽  
Time Of Failure

Although the end of 2019 will be remembered by many as a time of failure, the last few years have also been a time of hope. This article draws lessons from the internationalist municipalist movement, and frames these experiences through the concepts of autogestion and the Right to the City. Municipalist political strategies can provide a radical re-articulation of this hope: to argue for a municipalist politics is to argue for place-based strategies that transform our relationship to our territories, with a focus on making new forms of power emerge. It is not an alternative to national and international perspectives, but rather the development of new ways of acting on these perspectives. Establishing the difference between progressive local government policy and a municipalist agenda, the article concludes by offering five propositions for the development of a municipalist coordination in one British city - Manchester.

scholarly journals Consolidated state political party control and the enactment of obesity-related policies in the United States

2017 ◽  
Vol 105 ◽  
pp. 397-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer L. Pomeranz ◽  
Arjumand Siddiqi ◽  
Gabriella J. Bolanos ◽  
Jeremy A. Shor ◽  
Rita Hamad
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Political Party ◽  
The United States ◽  
Party Control
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